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emiemi

1. (verb) to be assembled, gathered together.

Ka haere atu nei a Horokohe, me te akitiwha i roto i tōna ringa mauī, ka emiemi atu ki te kata, kātahi ka toro atu te ringa ki te harirū ki a Mekiniri, nō te toronga atu hoki o te ringa o Mekiniri, kātahi ka pākia e taua tangata, ka pūhia mai e tōna ringa mauī e mau rā i te akitiwha (TPH 16/9/1901:7). / Czolgosz went with the handkerchief wrapped around his left hand, then he stretched out his hand to shake hands with McKinley and when McKinley put out his hand and touched that man he shot him with his left arm which held the handkerchief.

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2. (noun) grass tree, spiderwood, Dracophyllum latifolium - native shrub to 12 m which looks a little like a cabbage tree, having clusters of long tapering leaves at the tips of the branches.

See also neinei

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