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waehauā

1. (adjective) be lame.

Kei te rongo tonu i te mamae he kataina nōna i te kura, he waehauā nōna (PK 2008:1043). / She still feels the pain of being laughed at in school because she was lame.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, hauā, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka

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