mao - fine weather, clearing weather
Mao (i), maomao, v.i. Leave off raining. Kihai i roa kua mao te ua, me te whiti tonu te ra (Pi. 126, 2). He rangi ka maomao (M. 29). He pata whakamao (A clearing shower).
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Mao (ii). ——
mamao, a. Distant, far away. Katahi ka hoea e Turi, ka mamao ki waho (T. 111).
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Mao (iii). ——
maomao, n. 1. Diretmus argenteus, a fish. I nga tawatawa, i nga maomao, i te tini noa iho o nga kai o te moana (J. xx, 21).
2. Scorpis violaceus, a fish.
3. A variety of Phormium tenax with very dark edges.
4. A variety of kumara.
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Mao (iv) = maua, pron. 2nd pers. dual, exclusive of the person addressed. We two, us two. (Ngi.)
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