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monemone

1. (verb) to be smooth, bare, without appendages.

Ka monemone haere te oranga o te iwi i te pupuri ki tētahi mea kua ngaro tōna wāriu (Te Ara 2011). / The welfare of the tribe declined with a capital asset that had lost its value.

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Synonyms: marake, pākira, more, māmore, māmori, mārakerake, hohore, hore, tāmore, tāmoremore, rake, moremore, horehore


2. (modifier) wiped out, obliterating, eliminiating.

Heoi nō te tekau tau 1950, kua pau monemone ēnei tikanga, ā, ka tahuri ki te tikanga o te whakawhiu (Te Ara 2016). / However, by the 1950s these practices were disappearing and there was a change harsher discipline.

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