1. (noun) alighting, settling, setting.
Nō te atatū tonu te puhinga i ngā tāngata nei, ā, nō te tautanga o te rā kātahi anō ka hemo a Te Mānihera (TTT 1/5/1925:225). / It was just after sunrise that these men were shot and when the sun set Te Mānihera finally died.
Synonyms: rerenga, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, takiwā, pūwhenua, whakatatū, whakawāwā
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