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1. (verb) to pass by.

Ko te āhua tēnei o Haina i roto i ēnei mano tau kua pahure nei (TP 6/1913:5). / This is the nature of China in the past thousands of years.

Synonyms: whakatipi, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha

2. (verb) to be accomplished, achieved.

He kai, ko tāu e pahure; ko te mahi, e kore e pahure (W 1971:249). / Eating is your accomplishment, work is not.

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