2. (verb) to fall, taken (of a pā), captured (of a fortress, etc.).
E toru ngā rā o taua hokowhitu e whakaeke ana i taua pā, kīhai hoki i horo (TP 3/1913:6). / That army spent three days attacking that pā, but it did not fall.
See also horonga
3. (verb) break (as a wave).
Kia mārama atu taku nei titiro ngā ngaru e horo ngā matakūrae o Honipaka i waho (M 2004:210). / I could clearly see the waves breaking beyond the headlands of Albatross Point.
4. (noun) landslide, landslip.
I horo tētahi pukepuke, e rua ngā whare i tāpukea, he hōtēra tētahi, i mate hoki te rangatira o taua whare i te horo (TP 6/1904:11). / A hill slipped, two houses were buried, one was an hotel, and the proprietor of that building died in the landslide.
Synonyms: horo whenua, horohoro
horo
1. (verb) (-mia) to swallow.
Heoi, ka noho nei te taniwha, ko tana mahi, he patu i ngā tira haere; arā, he kai i ngā tāngata, horopuku tonu, ahakoa he kawenga tā te tangata, ka horomia pukutia e taua taniwha — ahakoa he tamaiti i runga i te hākui e waha ana, ka heke tahi rāua ki roto i te kōpū o te taniwha nei — ahakoa ngā tokotoko me ngā taiaha, ka pau katoa te horo (JPS 1905:200). / And so the taniwha remained there. His occupation was killing the travelling parties - that is, he used to swallow them whole, even if they had loads on their backs they were swallowed up by that taniwha - mothers carrying children on their backs, they went down together into the belly of this taniwha - even walking sticks and taiaha, they were completely swallowed up.
3. (noun) speed, swiftness.
hōro
1. (loan) (noun) shawl.
He mano tini ō māua pōtae, kāone, tōkena, wēkete, hōro, aikiha, me ngā kākahu katoa e kākahuria ana e te tāne, e te wāhine, e te tamariki (TW 26/10/1878 wh 15/539). / We have a great many hats, gowns, stockings, waistcoats, shawls, handkerchiefs and all the clothes worn by men, women and children.
2. (noun) dosage.
puku
1. (modifier) very - intensifier when used before or after the word it qualifies, e.g. puku horo kai (ravenous), pukukai (greedy, gluttonous), pukuriri (furious).
Heoi, ka noho nei te taniwha, ko tana mahi, he patu i ngā tira haere; arā, he kai i ngā tāngata, horopuku tonu, ahakoa he kawenga tā te tangata, ka horomia pukutia e taua taniwha (JPS 1905:200). / And so the taniwha remained there. His occupation was killing the travelling parties - that is, he used to swallow them whole, even if they had loads on their backs they were swallowed up by that taniwha.
