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nohopuku

1. (verb) to be silent, quiet, inactive.

Ko ngā Pākehā i amuamu nei mō te māngere o te Māori, mō te moumou o te whenua mō te Maori, nohopuku (TKO 31/3/1921:5). / The Pākehā who complained that Māori are lazy and that the land is a waste for Māori, be silent.

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2. (verb) to fast (go without food), diet.

Kei roto tātou i ngā rā Reneti e whakahaua nei te Hāhi me nohopuku tātou (TTT 1/3/1929:937). / We are in the days of Lent when the Church is commanded that we must fast.

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3. (modifier) silent, quiet, taciturn, reserved, uncommunicative.


4. (modifier) fasting, dieting.

He rā nohopuku ēnei (TTT 1/3/1929:937). / These are days of fasting.

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5. (noun) silence.

Ka whakaritea ngā tāngata pēnei ki te kūkū i ngā wā o te nohopuku (TAH 21:42). / At times when people are silent they are likened to a New Zealand pigeon.

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Synonyms: whakangū, whakamūmū, haumūmūtanga


6. (noun) fasting, dieting.

Kōrero ai a Orikena mō te nohopuku i ngā rā e 40 i mua o te rā Aranga (TTT 1/3/1929:937). / Origen spoke about fasting for 40 days before Easter Day.

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