1. (verb) to disappear, set (of the sun).
Tēnā titiro atu ō tātou kanohi ki ngā hihi kanapa o te rā e torengi atu ana i runga i te moana whānui, i runga i ngā pae maunga (KO 15/7/1885:8). / Now look at the gleaming rays of the sun setting on the wide ocean and on the mountain ranges.
Synonyms: kengo, ahiahi, toene, torongi, nekuneku, tōwenewene
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