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oni

1. (verb) to wriggle, move, make sensual movements, make lascivious movements, make erotic movements.

I mahia e rāua ki te oni, ā, kata ana a Kae (White 2 1889:124). / They performed erotic movements and Kae laughed.

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2. (verb) to perform sexual intercourse, copulate, have sex.

Ngaro atu ana te tokorua rā ki ngā rarauhe ki te oni (PK 2008:544). / That couple disppeared into the bracken fern to have sex.

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3. (verb) to be almost, close to (of time).

Kua oni atu ki te iwa karaka (HJ 2012:286). / It's nearly nine o'clock.

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4. (noun) wriggling, making sensual movements, making lascivious movements, erotic dancing.

Ka haka ngā wāhine rā, ka kōrero i ngā pūrākau, tē kata a Kae. Kia mahi rā anō rātou i te oni ka kata a Kae (Te Ara 2016). / Those women danced and told stories, but Kae would not laugh. It was not until they did erotic dances that Kae laughed.

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