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orua

1. (verb) to coincide, coincide with, happen at the same time.

Orua tonu taku kitenga i a Paratene me tō pukapuka ki a au (W 1971:242). / My seeing Paratene coincided with your letter to me.
Orua tonu tana whānautanga mai me te matenga atu o te whaene kēkē o tana māmā (TTR 2000:188). / Her birth coincided with the death of her mother’s aunt.

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2. (verb) to clash with (two events).

I te nekehanga kētanga o tā tātou hui ki te 15, kua orua ki te hui a Pani mā (HJ 2015:23). / When we moved our hui to the 15th, it clashed with Pani and the others' hui.

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