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onioni

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to move, wriggle, have sexual intercourse, copulate, make love.

`I hangaia e ia he ture kia kore ai te tangata e poka noa; e onioni i waenga pārae (TTR 1990:313). / He made laws whereby a person would not have unregulated sexual conduct in open places.

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Synonyms: mahimahi, ai, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, , konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kaneke, ngatete


2. (modifier) copulating, making love, having sex.

Hai ngā whakairo kitea ai te ure tāne me te tara wahine tae atu ki te mahi onioni (Te Ara 2016). / Male and female sexual organs are seen in carvings, including sexual intercourse.

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3. (noun) sexual intercourse.

E whakaatu ana te taupoki o tēnei waka huia i te onioni a te tāne me te wahine (Te Ara 2016). / The lid of this treasure box shows sexual intercourse of a male with a woman.

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Synonyms: mahimahi, ekeeke

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