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ngaehe

1. (verb) to rustle (of leaves, etc.), murmur, tinkle.

Ka tū waenganui ahau i taua rori, ka ngaehe mai te karaehe wini e pakorea ana (MM.TKM 1/5/1855:6). / I was located half way down the road when there was the tinkle of panes of glass being broken.
Ka ngaehe ngā rau rākau (TK 1/11/1843:44). / The leaves rustled.

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Synonyms: kikihi, kōkihi, pakē, wawara, ngāeheehe, tihitihi, warawara, wara


2. (noun) rustle (of leaves, etc.), murmur.

Koia i waihotia ai mō ngā rangi kikino, hau, kātahi ka haere te tangata ki te wero, kei rongo te manu i te ngaehe, i te haeretanga o te tangata, kia mahara ai te manu i te ngaehe o te haere a te tangata, he ngaehe nā te hau, taua ngaehetanga (JPS 1895:140). / That's why it's left for bad days when it's windy and then a person goes spearing, in case the bird hears the rustle of a person's movement, so then the bird thinks the rustle of the person's movement is the rustle of the wind.

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Synonyms: wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōhetehete, warowaro, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara, kōwhetewhete, tāwara, kotete, kihi, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, kōkihi

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