1. (verb) to be slack (as a cord), flexible, not taut, sagging.
Ka pūngohe haere te piringa o ngā taonga nei i te maha o ngā tau e iri ana i reira (TWK 17:7). / Because these furnishings had hung there for so many years they were sagging.
Synonyms: kowhana, pītawitawi, āwai, pingohe
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