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konikoni

1. (verb) to move, bit by bit.

I kūware ahau, otirā i tupu, ā, konikoni atu he kite mōku i te ara o te ora (THM 1/1/1889:5). / I was ignorant, but bit by bit I saw just the way of salvation.

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Synonyms: kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, , hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki

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