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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 whatitiri.
Soon after the lightning comes the thunder.

E hikohiko ana te uira i runga i ngā pae maunga.
The lightning is flashing above the mountain ridges.

Tū ana ngā tāngata tokorua i ō rātou taha, uira tonu ngā kākahu.
The two men stood at their side,

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

Ka mutu ana te karakia a Tāwhaki ka rarapa mai te uira i ōna kēkē.
from his(pl) armpit Whenever he ended a prayer lightening flashed from his armpits.

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