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komi

1. (verb) to take fright, recoil, withdraw.

Kua komi tonu atu i tana pōhēhē he wētā tērā i roto i tana tarau (PK 2008:296). / She has recoiled in her mistaken idea that there was a wētā in her pants.

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Synonyms: tupana, turapa, eti

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