ngarongaro
1. (stative) to be disappearing, being lost, somewhat abated, diminishing.
Ka ngarongaro atu te taua, ka heke ngā tāngata o Rākaipākā, ka whakaemitia ngā tinana o ngā tāngata mate, ka taongia (HP 1991:28). / When the war party disappeared, the people of Rākaipākā descended and gathered the bodies of the people killed and cooked them.
