pārūrū
1. (modifier) dull, sultry (especially of the weather), humid, tropical.
Ka hoki anō a Erihana ki te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou i te tau 1925 ki te whai i te mātauranga o runga atu e pā ana ki ngā rongoā o ngā whenua pārūrū (TTR 1998:39). / In 1925 Ellison returned to Otago University to undertake postgraduate studies in tropical medicine.
2. (modifier) filariasis - a disease common in the tropics, caused by filarial worms. It is transmitted by blood sucking flies and mosquitoes.
Nā Erihana anō i takoto ai te kaupapa whakakore i te ngārara nei, i te waeroa, inarā nāna i whakawātea rawa atu ngā kāinga i ngā wai whakaroau; nā te pērātanga kua kore haere te mate pārūrū e ahu mai rā i te timonga waeroa, i ōna momo rango anō hoki (TTR 1998:41). / Ellison also introduced a programme to eradicate mosquitoes by removing stagnant water from around homes; as a result it reduced the incidence of filariasis which was caused by the mosquito bite and other similar insects.
3. (noun) humidity.
Kāore he matangi, kāore he aha, koirā i tino kino ai te pārūrū (PK 2008:424). / There was no breeze, nothing at all, and that's why the humidity was so bad.
pāruru
1. (verb) to be shaded, sheltered, screened.
Pāruru tonu te mahinga a tuahangata (W 1971:269). / The work of the principal male character was shaded.
Synonyms: kokohu, whakaruruhau, ruru, marumaru, maru, tūmaru, taumaru, taumarumaru, kauruku
2. (noun) shelter.
I pūnotinotitia e rātau he pāruru taupua (Ng 1993:328). / They patched together a temporary shelter.
Synonyms: tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga, pātakitaki, taumaru, ruruhau
mate pārūrū
1. (noun) filariasis - a disease common in the tropics, caused by filarial worms. It is transmitted by blood sucking flies and mosquitoes.
Nā Erihana anō i takoto ai te kaupapa whakakore i te ngārara nei, i te waeroa, inarā nāna i whakawātea rawa atu ngā kāinga i ngā wai whakaroau; nā te pērātanga kua kore haere te mate pārūrū e ahu mai rā i te timonga waeroa, i ōna momo rango anō hoki (TTR 1998:41). / Ellison also introduced a programme to eradicate mosquitoes by removing stagnant water from around homes; as a result it reduced the incidence of filariasis which was caused by the mosquito bite and other similar insects.
ua pārūrū
1. (noun) convectional rain.
I ngā rohe he tino mahana te mata o te whenua, ka piki te hau takiwā mahana, ka tere te tōtā i te rangi, ā, ka heke hei ua tātā. Ka kīia he ua pārūrū (RP 2009:422). / In the regions where the land's surface is very warm, the warm air rises and quickly condenses in the sky and falls as very heavy rain. It is called convectional rain.
