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konene

1. (modifier) wayfaring, wandering, nomadic, drifting.

Ā ka maranga ake ōna kanohi, ka kite i te tangata konene i te waharoa o te pā, nā ka mea taua koroheke, Ko hea koe? I haere mai anō hoki koe i hea? (PT Kaiwhakariterite 19:17). / And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

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Synonyms: koroirangi, kaipaoe, kōkewa


2. (noun) wanderer, wayfarer, drifter, refugee, displaced person - person belonging to a tribe which has been broken up and scattered.

I tuhituhia anō hoki e Pita tangata Āpotoro a te Karaiti tana pukapuka i Papurona ki ngā konene e noho marara ana (TP 7/1904:8). / Peter, the Apostle of Christ wrote his epistle at Babylon to the refugees who were living scattered about.

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Synonyms: rerenga

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