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aruaru

1. (verb) (-mia,-ngia) to follow, pursue, chase, woo, court, hunt.

Ko te tamāhine o te tino tangata o Maunga-whau, he kōtiro pai, he wahine ātaahua, ko Puhi-huia te ingoa. Ahakoa aruaru te tāne i a ia, kīhai ia i pai (TWK 2:22). / The daughter of the principal man of Maunga-whau was a lovely girl, a beautiful woman called Puhi-huia. Although men pursued her, she did not like them.

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Synonyms: rei, rangahau, tauaru, whai, whaiwhai, aru


2. (verb) (-mia,-ngia,-tia) to interrupt, interject.

Kīhai i aruarutia e te tauatanga tana mahi ki te whakahouhou haere i te Kīngitanga (TTR 1996:239). / The succession did not interrupt his reconstruction of the King Movement.

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3. (noun) pursuit, chase.

I mua tonu i te maroketanga o te waituhi i te whakaaetanga o Ngāi Tahu kia hokona ōna whenua ki te kāwanatanga, ka tū tētahi o ngā whatinga ture tuatahi o te Tiriti o Waitangi. Whai muri tata ko te aruaru o Ngāi Tahu i ngā kerēme i te whatinga o te kāwanatanga i ōna kupu taurangi (Te Ara 2015). / Even before the signatures had dried on the agreement of Ngāi Tahu to sell their land to the government, one of the first breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi occurred. Immediately afterwards, Ngāi Tahu began the pursuit of their claims arising from the government’s broken promises.

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Synonyms: whai, whaiwhai, aru, whāinga, umanga


4. (noun) interruption, interjection.

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