2. (noun) lullaby - song composed on the birth of a chiefly child about his/her ancestry and tribal history.
E kī ana ia he oriori tēnei nā te wahine i te wā e mea ana taua tamaiti ki te matihe (TP 8/1910:6). / He is saying that this is an oriori by the woman at the time that the child was going to sneeze.
Synonyms: ngāoriori, whakaoriori, taiapo, pōpō
