1. (verb) (-a) to ask, enquire, query, disengage, unravel, disentangle.
I ui a Rātana mehemea kua kite taua rūruhi i te raiti (TKO 30/6/1921). / Rātana asked if that elderly woman could see the light.
Synonyms: whakaui, urupounamu, pātai, pakirehua
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