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tō kumu

1. (modifier) lazy.

He kai anahe te mahi ka pahure i tērā tangata tō kumu (HJ 2015:87). / Eating is the only activity that that lazy fellow is good at.

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Synonyms: makuku, tūkeke, waimori, toupiore, mākoko, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, ngehe, māikoiko, hakirara, pirorehe, hākiki, pakihore

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