1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to desire greatly, long for.
Nō reira ko koutou mā e tāmina ana ki te tapoko mai, tirohia te 'Kahiti' (HM 4/1994:9). / So you who wish to enter, look in the 'Gazette'.
Synonyms: kaimomotu, kūata, kuika, kūwata, tōmina, kare, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, manako, whakangākau, ōkaka, hihiri, āmene, korou, popono, pūkōnohinohi, warawara, wawata, wara, ohia, mānakonako
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