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piari

1. (verb) to be clear, sparkling, transparent, translucent, limpid, pellucid.

Ka haere atu ki tātahi ki runga ki tētahi haupapa kōhatu. Rokohanga atu e tere ana tētahi kōpua wai i runga i te haupapa kōhatu, piari kau ana (JPS 1892:150). / He went down to the seaside onto an area of flat rocks. He came upon a pool of water on the flat rocks, which was limpid

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