2. (verb) to become twilight, dusk, early dawn.
E kī ana mātou e pēnei ana ā mātou tamariki me te tūī mōkai e atawhaitia nei e te Māori, e tangi ana taua tūī i te ata ka rikoriko mai, whai hoki ko te tamariki, he iwi ohotata te tamariki (TW 19/5/1877:192). / We say that our children are like the tame tūī which the Māori keep as a pet, and that tūī makes a noise at early dawn and children follow, children wake early.
