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titiwha

1. (verb) to show out, gleam.

Ānō he pounamu kei ngā karupango e titiwha ana (NM 1928:134). / It was as if there was greenstone gleaming in the pupils of the eyes.

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2. (noun) gleam, glow, shine.

Ātaahua ana ō rātou kākahu hākinakina, muramura ana, me te titiwha anō o te waitohu o runga, ko mātou ia, he tīhāte mā noa iho te haere (HJ 2015:107). / Their sports clothes were beautiful, bright with the gleam of the logo on them, but ours, we're just going white T-shirts.

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Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, tore, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi

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