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rāoa - choked

Rāoa, rāowa, v.i. Be choked. He paku te ika i raoa ai a Tamarereti (P.).

whakaraoa, v. Make a choking sound. Whakaraoa me he kaka e whakaraoa ana (N.M. i, 28).

Williams Dictionary

I tata rāoa taku tama i te rara.
My son nearly choked on a lolly.
Almost/just about - kua/i tata...

Kia āta kai, kei rāoa koe.
Eat slowly or you’ll choke.

I tata rāoa au.
I just about choked.

Āta kai, kei rāoa koe.
Eat carefully or slowly, so that you don't choke.

#41: That motorbike is yellow
#164: I am careful about eating sugar lest I die of diabetes
#51: Our tomato is red
#160: The bus has been left behind by me
#152: Kātahi anō au kua tae mai. I have just arrived (or I have arrived at last, or I have arrived for the first time).
#46: The man's dog is eating the woman's cat's food
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