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tuarea - anxious; sorrowful

Tuarea (i), a. Sorrowful, anxious. Tuarea noa iho toku ngakau. ‖ morearea.

Williams Dictionary

Tuarea (ii), a. I. Numerous, many. E kore Te Whata e hunuhunua iho, me whakakapoai, kia rato matou o tapu tuarea ka noa i au na, i (M. 348). ‖ rea.

2. An ordinal of indefinite number, formed by prefixing tua (iii) to the adjective rea. Tera ka eke i te rangi tuatahi, i te rangi tuarea (M. 122).

Williams Dictionary

#90: Sarah came first in her ceramics class
#148: I habitually go to the supermarket in order to buy food
#72: Where were the children?
#101: We are arguing. No we're not!
#109: Rangi is hungry therefore he is angry
#147: The boy in the library
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