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taumarumaru

1. (verb) to be shady, shaded.

He whiro Pākehā i runga tonu ake i te puna tāhinga mai ai, ā, ka taumarumaru tonu te puna i ngā wā katoa (HP 1991:18). / A Pākehā willow tree was right above the spring leaning over it and the spring was always quite shaded.

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Synonyms: taumaru, pāruru, kauruku, marumaru, maru, tūmaru, tāmaru, pūruru


2. (modifier) shady, overshadowing, shaded.

E noho taumarumaru ana te kapua o te pakanga ki Oropi (KO 22/2/1887:2). / The cloud of war is overshadowing Europe.

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Synonyms: taumaru


3. (noun) shade, shadow, protection, shelter.

Ko ngā whare he mea āta whakarārangi mārire te tū i ngā waharoa me te taumarumaru iho anō ngā pītiti me ngā āporo (TTT 1/3/1928:753). / The houses stood carefully lined up from the gateway and in the shade of the peach and apple trees.

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Synonyms: marumaru, whakamarumaru, maru, kōruru, ataata, atarau, whakamomoka, whakamokamoka, ātārangi, amarara, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, whakaruru, whakamauru, whakaruruhau, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga

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