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pūrēhua

1. (verb) to be flickering.

I whakaritea e au te āhua ki tō tātou reo ki te ahi, ki te ahi pūrēhua noa, whitawhita kē rānei, kōwhekowheko kē rānei (TTTT 2006:11). / I likened the state of our language to a fire that is just flickering, dying out and blazing up again.

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2. (noun) moth.

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