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- in (short form of roto, as in: ki whare)

(i), n. Argosarchus horridus and other stick-insects.

Williams Dictionary

(ii) = roto i te, roto i, or roto, in complex prepositions. Ka noho ano a Ngatoro i ro pa (T. 92). To ana te pakake ki ro te wai (M. 75). Kei ro o to ratou whare nga ta-ngata e moe ana (Tr. vii, 53). ‖ roto (ii).

Williams Dictionary

(iii), rōrō, v.i. Go. Ka ro taua ki raro ki to mounga (M. cix). Nau mai ra koutou, ro mai.——Te mana, e, o te whenua, ka roro, e, ki te po, ka roro, e, ki te ao (M. 397).

Williams Dictionary

Ro, n. Orthodera ministralis, praying mantis; an insect.

Williams Dictionary

Kāore i roa ka mauru tōna riri, ka hoki ia ki whare ki te whakapāha ki ōna hoa.
Before long his anger subsided and he went back inside to apologise to his mates.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

He Amaru ro kaiako o ā māua tamariki.
Our children's teacher is Amaru.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

#117: He said, she said
#195: For the purpose of someone else doing something
#32: Rangi was sick but now he is well
#26: The children are running in or through the house
#157: When the police arrived, the thief had already run away
#35: The children played and then they learned
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