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roa

1. (verb) to be long, tall, slow.

Kaua anō rātou e heu i ō rātou māhunga, kaua ngā makawe e whakatupuria kia roa (PT Ehekiera 44:20). / They should not shave their heads, nor allow their hair to grow long.

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Synonyms: taumano, tāroaroa, whāroa, kāwekaweka, kōroaroa, hotu, tāroa, hītawe, hūroaroa, wheau, whēnakonako, hauroa, kaweka, tautini


2. (verb) to be a long time, delayed.

Kua roa kē māua e whakatakoto mahere ana, e whiriwhiri ana mō āhea rā māua toro atu ai i a koe (HM 4/2009:4). / He and I had been planning and deciding for a long time when we would visit you.

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Synonyms: tautini, wheau


3. (noun) long time, length, length of time, delay.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 64;)

Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.

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See also kua roa kē [au] e ... ana

Synonyms: whāroa, hauroa

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