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paorangi

1. (modifier) resounding, reverberating - usually follows whaitiri.

Kīhai i roa ka kī te waha o Rangipōpō ki te tangi iho ki a Taharākau, he whaitiri paorangi (JPS 1913:62). / It was not long before Rangipōpō called to Taharākau in reverberating thunder.

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Synonyms: tiori, tīoriori, kōnga, māorooro

2. (noun) reverberation, resounding, thunderous noise.

Rangipōpō he ingoa whaitiri, tōna reo, he paorangi (TP 10/1908:6). / Rangipōpō is a name for thunder and its voice is thunderous noise.

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Synonyms: tōiriiri

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