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pūao

1. (verb) to dawn.

Otirā nō te mea ka pūao mai te ata, kite rawa ake te tangata nei kua uru katoa mai te tinana o taua kararehe ki roto i tō rāua tēneti (TKO 20/6/1918:9). / But because day had dawned this man finally realised that all of that animal's body had come into their tent.

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2. (noun) opening (of a river) to the sea, river mouth.

Mehemea ka tuwhera te pūao o te awa, he tino whāiti, he pāpaku hoki te awa (HP 1991:16). / If the mouth of the river was open, the river was very narrow and shallow.

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Synonyms: koniu, pūaha, ngutu, pūwaha, pūau, ngutuawa

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