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horohoro - remove tapu

horohoro. 1. v.t. Remove ceremonial restrictions, etc., from an article. I te ata ka huhua te purenga ra, whakamama rawa, horohoro rawa, ka noa (M. xx). Ma tona ariki e horohoro e ora ai.

2. v.i. Be shattered. Kei te ngaru horohoro ki te pari (M. 107).

3. n. A species of seaweed.

horonga, horohoronga, n. Food eaten by the priest in the ceremony of horohoro. Ka mate te tupapaku, ka taona te horonga, ka kainga e tona ariki; ko reira ora ai.

Williams Dictionary

He horohoro!
A landslide!

He tata rawa te horohoro ki Pita whare.
The landslide was very close to Pita's house.

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