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mōioio

1. (verb) to be weak, feeble (of growth, etc.).

Mōioio ana te tupu (W 1971:206). / The growth was weak.

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2. (noun) weak, feeble, delicate health.

Nā te āhua mōioio o tana wahine i kore ai ia i haere ki te ako i Ākarana hei minita mō te Hāhi Mihinare (TTR 1994:161). / Because of his wife's delicate health he could not go to Auckland to study to be a minister for the Anglican Church.

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3. (noun) South Island robin, New Zealand robin, Petroica australis - a tame, inquisitive, small bird of the bush with dark slate-grey feathers and long thin legs. The South Island birds have a white breast.

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