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whakanonoi

1. (verb) (-a) to insist, assert, maintain.

I whakanonoi tonu ia i tōna mana tangata ki āna wāhine punarua, ki a Matairena rāua ko Kararaina (TTR 1994:39). / He insisted on his individual right to have his two wives, Matairena, and Kararaina.

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Synonyms: tuarā, pupuru

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