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"text": "Me aro te kaikōrero ki te hunga turi, kia kite ai rātou i tōna waha e kōrero na.",
"translation": "The speaker should face toward the deaf people so that they can see her mouth when she is talking.",
"type": "example"
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"word": "aronga"
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{
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"english": "mountain face",
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"word": "aromaunga"
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{
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"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{pl}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "aro",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "aro",
"name": "mi-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Māori terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
34,
37
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
26,
31
]
],
"english": "You've spilt it down your front.",
"text": "Kua maringi i a koe ki runga i to aro.",
"translation": "You've spilt it down your front.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"front (facing side)"
],
"links": [
[
"front",
"front"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Māori terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
63,
66
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
51,
56
]
],
"english": "The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.",
"text": "Ko te paenga e tūtaki ai ētahi hau whakapipi e rua, ka kīia he aro.",
"translation": "The boundary where two air masses meet is called a front.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"front (weather)"
],
"links": [
[
"front",
"front"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"desire"
],
"links": [
[
"desire",
"desire"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"inclination"
],
"links": [
[
"inclination",
"inclination"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"heart, seat of feelings"
],
"links": [
[
"heart",
"heart"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ate"
},
{
"word": "manawa"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈaro/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɐɾɔ]"
}
],
"word": "aro"
}
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