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ngahoro

1. (verb) to drop off, fall, fall off.

Ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / Only exotic trees are deciduous, however the only native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.

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2. (verb) to drop out.

Kua kaumātua kē te tangata, kua potopoto te moe, kua ngahoro ngā niho, kua kore e rangona te reka o te kai, kua māuiui noa te tinana (TTT 1/7/1928:814). / When a person is old sleep is short, the teeth have dropped out, the deliciousness of food can no longer be tasted, and the body has become quite sickly.

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3. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.

Ko te nuinga o ngā whakamoemoe nei i ngahoro te mahi a te uri (TTR 1990:68). / Most of these marriages produced many descendants.

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Synonyms: ngāhorohoro, mahamaha, maha, makuru, ngerongero, hua, humi, hāwere, rarawe, rari, pukahu, nui, hira, ranea, huhua, pōike, maruru, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rahi


4. (modifier) friable, crumbly.

He oneone ngahoro (W 1971:226). / A friable soil.

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5. (modifier) and upwards, or more, in excess of.

I tae pea ki te kotahi rau ngahoro a Ngāti Whakaue i haina ki taua pukapuka (KO 14/6/1884:5). / Approximately one hundred or more Ngāti Whakaue arrived and signed that document.

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Synonyms: neke atu, nuku atu, neke atu rānei, koni atu rānei, makere

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