to search, look for mad, insane 1 realization
NEW Realization 1
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.

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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.

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