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hāparangi

1. (verb) (-tia) to shout, bawl, yell, bellow - as with other words for shouting, it is the mouth, rather than the person that does the action.

Kātahi ka hāparangi mai te waha o Rihimona ki a au, 'E Hēmi, e rere ki roto i te wai.' (HP 1991:20) / Then Rihimona yelled out to me, 'Hēmi, get into the water.'

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Synonyms: auē, pararē, tīwaha


2. (noun) shout, yell, bellow, shouting, yelling, bellowing.

I tō māua ngahau atu ki a rātau e kaukau ana, ka tīmata māua ki te tarapekepeke me te hāparangi o ō māua waha ki te karanga atu ki ētahi o rātau kia kaha, kia tere (HP 1991:21). / We were were enjoying them swimming so much that we began to jump up and down and shout, calling to some of them to be energetic and to go faster.

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Synonyms: horu, kōnga, hāmama, haute, , ōi, tīwaha, hauma, karanga, umere

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