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numi

1. (verb) (-a) to fold, bend.

Ki te numia ngā pepa, ka uru pai noa iho ki te pēke; ki te kōpenupenua, e kore (PK 2008:506). / If the papers are folded they'll fit into the bag quite easily; if they're crumpled up, they won't.

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2. (verb) (-a,nūmia) to go, pass by.

Ka roa, kātahi ka whakatika atu, ka mau ki te pakihiwi mauī, ka nūmia ki te pakitara mauī o waho o te whare, ka heke atu rāua ki te wairere, ka tohia e Te Aotaki a Tū-whakairi-ora (JPS 1911:20). / After a long time he rose up and took him by the left shoulder and they passed by the left wall of the outside of the house, descended to the waterfall where Te Aotaki performed the tohi ritual over Tū-whakairi-ora.

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Synonyms: whakatipi, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha

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