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ngoengoe

1. (verb) to scream, screech, squawk, shriek.

Kātahi ka whakarongo anō rāua, kua rongo i te tūī e ngoengoe ana (JPS 1941:126). / Then they listened again, and heard the tūī screeching.

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Synonyms: ngoe, tioro, kē, pioro, tīwē, tekekō, ngāngā, ngē, kīrea, kā

2. (noun) scream, screech, squawk, shriek.

Kua rongo te mea teina, ko Paremoehau, i te ngoengoe a te tūī, kua mōhio tonu he tangata (JPS 1941:126). / The younger one, Paremoehau, heard the screeching of the tūī, and knew there was a man was there.

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