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whakangāueue

1. (verb) (-tia) to shake, move.

Ko te mutunga iho ko tāna he whakamau, he kore e taea te whakangāueue i tōna tino mauāhara ki aua mahi rā (HM 1/1995:4). / In the end she digs her toes in and can not be moved from her great dislike of those activities.

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Synonyms: neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, kaneke, , whakakorikori, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, rangaranga, takataka, tīoi, ngatari, , rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, whakaruerue


2. (modifier) shaking.

Ā ko ngā whakapānga katoa o te tokotoko i whakaritea, ko tā Ihowa hoki e whakapā ai ki a ia, ka meinga ki ngā timipera, ki ngā hāpa: he whawhai whakangāueue hoki tana whawhai ki a rātou (PT Ihaia 30:32). / And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

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Synonyms: wheoi, oinga, aroarowhaki, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, kōrūrū, ngatari, korū

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