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taro

1. (stative) presently, by and by - denotes the lapse of a short interval of time.

Ā ka taro ka haere a Ihu-wareware ki te kōrero atu ki a Tinirau (NM 1928:24). / And after a time Ihu-wareware went to speak to Tinirau.

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Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, ināianei, taro ake, taro kau iho, nāwai, nāwai, (ā), ka ..., karo, nāwai, i nāianei, ākuanei, ā kō kō ake nei, ā kō ake nei, ākuara, nāwai (rā) (ā), ka ..., ā muri ake nei, tākaro, i nāia nei

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