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wheoi

1. (noun) quaking, shaking, vibrating, quivering, tremor.

Ki te kite koe i te manu i runga i te peka, ki te rere, ko te wheoi o te peka e kitea atu kua ngaro te manu (TTT 1/12/1931:73). / If you see a bird on a branch and if it flies off the quivering of the branch is seen, although the bird has disappeared.

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Synonyms: ngāueue, hawa, aroarowhaki, wanawana, wiriwiri, ārohirohi, korū, oinga, ngateri, kōrūrū, ngatari, whakangāueue

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