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ngāwhāriki

1. (modifier) thermal, geothermal.

E toru wiki i muri mai, ka parekuratia a Hōhepa me āna tūruhi tokotoru e taua wai ngāwhāriki i te pahūtanga; he kaha rawa nō te tata atu (TTR 1994:203). / Three weeks later his brother Joseph and three of his tourists approached too closely and were killed by that thermal water in an eruption.

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2. (noun) boiling spring, geyser.

Nā runga i te wero a tētehi, kātahi rāua ko tana hoa ka eke ki runga i te poti hoehoe haere ai i te moana e pupū ake ana te ngāwhāriki, ki te whakamātautau i te hōhonutanga (TTR 1994:203). / As the result of a dare, he and a companion climbed onto a boat and rowed about on the lake, where the geyser was bubbling up, testing the depth.

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3. (noun) sulphur, brimstone.

Me maka tētahi kūpapapapa, ngāwhāriki nei, ki te ahi (TWMNT 22/3/1879:350). / Some sulphur should be thrown into the fire.

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