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kotekote

1. (verb) to make a smacking noise with the lips.

Synonyms: pākorakora


2. (verb) to whisper, murmur, grumble, chatter, speak.

I te kaha o tana kauwhau, tangi ana tētahi wahine, kotekote rawa, i tana mātaunga ake ki ōna kino, ki tōna hara nui (TWK 16:11). / His preaching was so intense that a woman was crying and muttering because she realised she had been evil and sinful.

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Synonyms: warowaro, tāwara, kotete, kihi, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, kōkihi, ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara

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