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pahemo

1. (verb) to pass by, pass on, pass on one side, miss.

Te urunga atu o Tama-inu-pō haere tonu, ā, ka pahemo i te takuahi i te aronga ake ki te ihonui, kātahi anō ka huri mai (NIT 1995:121). / Tama-inu-pō entered and went straight on past the hearth that faced the floor space at the front of the house and only then turned round.

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Synonyms: tāwhati, hihipa, hara, whakahoro, tītaha, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, kopa, kape, whakatipi


2. (modifier) dying, passing away.

He iwi pahemo (Te Ara 2016). / A dying race (Te Ara 2016).

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3. (noun) death.

He nui hoki ngā whakawhānau me ngā pahemo, nā reira i uaua ai te hōraparapa haere o te taupori (Te Ara 2016). / Birth and death rates were high, so the increase of the population was low.

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