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whakanihoniho

1. (verb) to bud, shoot (of plants).

Ka mutu te ngahuru i konei, ka whakangaro ki roto ki a Mei, ka whakanihoniho te purapura i a ia (WW 1913:62). / The autumn ended here and was lost into May, when the seed shoots.

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3. (noun) tooth-shaped pattern in weaving.

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