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uira - lightning; to flash

Uira. 1. v.i. Gleam, flash. E uira ana te paua me te whakairo (Describing Maui's hook) (T. 21). He taua pea tera, ina hoki nga pu ka uira mai nei.

2. n. Lightning. Ka puta te hau, te ua, te uira, te whatitiri (T. 93). Tuhi te uira, raparapa te uira (M. 293).

3. Glow. Kua tau te tututupo ki runga i te rangi, te puhanatanga o te uira o te ahi o Te Arawa (T. 81).

Williams Dictionary

I muri tata mai i te uira ko te whaititiri.
Straight after the lightning comes the thunder.

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