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pakihi

1. (verb) to be dried up.

Ko au tonu kua kite i ētahi wāhi nui i te taha hiwi e nui tonu ana te wai o ngā puna i te wā e tupungia ana te whenua e te rākau, ā, nō te korenga o te rākau kua kore hoki, kua pakihi (TWMNT 11/8/1874:198). / I myself have seen large tracts on the hiill-side with plenty of water in the springs when the land was covered by tree, but when the trees were no longer there they had completely dried up.

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2. (verb) to be at its lowest (of the tide).

Riro mai ana ki runga ki taua poti aua tāngata i tahuri ki te wai, arā, tokorua tāne, kotahi wahine, kotahi tamaiti, he Māori anake, engari he tai pakihi te tai, nō reira kāore i taea te hoki mai taua poti (TWMNT 11/7/1976:172). / Those people were carried off in that boat that capsized on the water. There were two men, a woman, and a child, all Māori, but the tide was right out and so that boat was not able to return.

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