to search, look for
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mad, insane
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Maori | |
lexeme | pōrangi | |
meaning 1 | to search for, seek | Ka pōrangi ki ngā maunga ki ngā wai matatiki, ki ngā rākau, ki ngā manu: kāhore hoki i kitea he wahine māhana He searched in the mountains, at the springs, in the trees and the birds, but he could not find a wife for himself. |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | be insane, mad, crazy, mentally ill, deranged, beside oneself, headstrong, hurried, stupid | Ko te whakatau a ngā tākuta, kāhore rawa he pōrangi o taua none, ā nō konei ka tukua ia e te kōti kia haere. The decision of the doctors was that that nun was not mentally ill, and as a result she was released by the court. |
reference | MD | |
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