rū
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to shake, quiver.
Ki te rū te whenua, ka tuwhera ngā poka hōhonu, ka whakahoroa ngā maunga, ka hūrorirori ngā whare (TTT 1/7/1929:1029). / If there's an earthquake, deep holes open up, mountains are caused to collapse, and houses sway about.
Synonyms: kūreperepe, oioi, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, ārohirohi, ngāoraora, ngaue
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to scatter, sow.
I runga i te retinga ki ngā Pākehā, me mātua whakapai e aua Pākehā te whenua, arā me turaki ngā rākau, ka tahu ki te ahi, ka rū ki te karaihe, ko tōna tikanga whakapai tēnā (TJ 23/2/1899:2). / With regard to leasing to the Pākehā, they should first improve the land, that is they should clear the trees, burn them and sow with grass; that's what improve means.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara
3. (noun) earthquake.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 74, 94-96; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.
kauwhata rū
1. (noun) seismograph.
Synonyms: ine-rū
ine-rū
1. (noun) seismometer, seismograph.
E ai ki te ine-rū, e 4.8 te kaha o taua rū (PK 2008:170). / According to the seismometer, the strength of that earthquake was 4.8.
Synonyms: kauwhata rū
Ngāi Tūhoe
1. (personal noun) tribal group of the Bay of Plenty in the Kutarere-Ruātoki-Waimana-Waikaremoana area.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)
Kai reira ia e tanu ana, ā, e mōhiotia ana taua wāhi e ētahi o ngā pūkōrero o Ngāi Tūhoe (TTR 1990:239). / He is buried there and his grave is known to several Ngāi Tūhoe historians.
