1. (verb) to silence, quieten.
E mōhio rawa ana te awe ki te huarahi whakaora i a ia anō. Ko te tutukinga waewae i konei, ko te whakamūmū i te hinengaro (Milroy 2016). / The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind (Milroy 2016).
Synonyms: whakamāhaki, nohopuku, haumūmūtanga, whakangū
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