Kua kite atu hoki te kaumātua rā e memene ana ngā pāpāringa ki te minamina kata (NIT 1995:221). / And when the elder saw it his cheeks puckered in a chuckle.

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Ka mene mai te kuia i ngā kōrero a tana mokopuna. / The elderly woman smiled at what her grandchild said.

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Kua kite ahau i te pāpāringa o te tangata kua menemene ki te kata (TJ 6/4/1899:12). / I had seen the man's cheeks wrinkled with laughter.

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I konā, ka mingo kata anō te iwi whakarongo (Rewi 2005:99). / As a result the audience laughed.

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Ka rūrū te māhuna o te tākuta me te mingomingo kata anō (TP 3/1908:10). / The doctor shook his head and smiled again.

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"Tō koutou kore take noa iho. Hai aha, haramai ki te kai." Nā tō mātau matekai hoki ka pakaru mai te menemene (TWK 36:18). / "You're all quite hopeless. Never mind, come and eat." And because we were hungry we broke into smiles.

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Ko au i whakahīhī, i whakamenemene ki te tira haere (HM 4/1996:1). / I was proud and pleased with the travelling party.

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Nō te taenga mai ki uta, ka whatiia mai tētahi mōna. Kāore i roa kua memenge i te rā (TTT 31/8/1921:12). / When he reached the shore he picked one for himself, but it wasn't long before it withered in the sun.

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Ka mimingo kata taku kōkā mai i tētahi taringa ki tētahi (TWK 17:9). / My mother grinned from ear to ear.

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Kua mimingo ana pāpāringa i te rawe o ngā whakaahua o tā rāua mokopuna hou (HJ 2012:271). / She smiled at how good the photographs of their new grandchild were.

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Pakiri ana ō rātou niho ki te kata i te mahinga o taua mea, he mahara hoki e tahuna ana hei kai; engari i te aonga ake ka mīharo nui rātou i tō rātou kitenga i te mā o taku whare e pīata ana i te rā i te paninga ki taua mea—, ānō me te hukarere te āhua (TWMNT 30/5/1876:129). / They laughed at the process, believing it to be to cook it for food, but in the morning they were amazed when they saw how white my house was shining in the sun from having been painted with that material, as if it was the snow.

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