2. (verb) to hover, quiver, shimmer.
See also kārohirohi
Synonyms: nanamu, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, kūreperepe, oreore, ngāoraora, ngaue, arohaki, oioi, rū, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū
3. (modifier) shimmering, quivering.
Ka mutu kātahi a Takarangi ka mea atu, “E pai ana ō kupu, e Rau! Māu e āta whakaaro ō kupu, he maru ahiahi kei muri te maru awatea, he paki ārohirohi kei mua (JPS 1927:256). / When she finished, Takarangi said, “Your remarks are satisfactory, Rau! You must ponder carefully over your words, after the evening comes the dawn, before a fine shimmering day."
Synonyms: pareārohi, koroirangi, hīrangi, wanawana, wiriwiri, aroarowhaki, hawa, wheoi
4. (modifier) glistening.
I pēnei tōna pātai, "Ko wai koia ēnei taitamariki ātaahua i ngā makawe roa me ngā kanohi ārohirohi?" (KO 18/11/1887:8). / His question was like this, "Just who are these beautiful youths with long hair and glistening eyes?"
5. (noun) shimmering heat.
Ka whakamoea a Te Rā ki a Hine Raumati kia puta ko Tānerore. E pā ana te kōrero a ‘Te haka a Tānerore’ ki te hau ārohirohi o te raumati (Te Ara 2013). / The sun married Hine Raumati had Tānerore. The saying, ‘Te haka a Tānerore’ (Tānerore's dance) refers to the shimmering of the hot air during summer.
Synonyms: ānini
6. (noun) feeling, sense.
Ka oti te waka nei, ka mea te kupu a Māwete - ko rāua ngā tohunga tārei ko Kurapoto - ka mea rā, ki te nuinga, “Whakarongo mai, e aku rangatira, e mea ana ahau, me hua te waka nei ko 'Te Arawa', he ārohirohi nō tōku aroha ki tō tātou taonga nui i pau nei i te ahi a tēnei Rerewhāiti.” (Ko tēnei kupu mō te taurekareka, mō Raumati) (JPS 1893:225). / When this canoe was finished, Māwete - he and Kurapoto were the master-builders - said to the rest, “Listen, my masters, I propose that we shall name this canoe 'Te Arawa', from a feeling of love towards our great treasure which was consumed by the fire of this Rerewhāiti.” (This expression referred to the scoundrel Raumati.)
Ārohirohi
1. (personal name) personification of shimmering heat.
He atua tonu atu a Tiki. Ka moe ia i tana wahine tuatahi ko Mārikoriko te ingoa. I hangaia tērā i te one, ka mutu he mea hanga e te Ārohirohi o te Rā (Te Ara 2015). / Tiki was an atua. He married his first wife, called Mārikoriko. She was formed out of earth by Ārohirohi, the shimmering heat of the sun
See also ārohirohi
