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whakaoioi

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to shake, agitate.

Ko te Kāwanatanga kei te tū tonu, kāhore e taea te whakaoioi e ō rātou hoa tauwhāinga e te Paramete mā rātou ko Hōri Kerei (KO 10/9/1890:2). / The Government still stands, they can not be shaken by their opposition, Parliament and George Grey.

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Synonyms: ngatari, , rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi

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