hauraro

1. (adjective) (clothing) full-length.

hauraro

1. (stative) low down, hanging down (of clothes, etc.).

Kua tirohia iho ki ngā weruweru, he mea tāpeka, ka mohio tonu iho nō tawhiti tēnei tira, nō ngā whenua noa atu, ehara i konei. Mehemea nō konei, he hauraro noa iho te kākahu o te weruweru (NM 1928:123). / He looked down at the garments, which were wrapped around them, so he knew immediately that this travelling party was from a long way way, from a distant land, not local. If they were from here the garments would have just hung down.

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2. (verb) to surrender, submit, capitulate, yield.

I te whakapaunga o taua tau ka hauraro a Te Waru Tamatea (TTR 1990:384). / Late that year Te Waru Tamatea surrendered.

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3. (noun) north, north wind.

Ka rikoriko mai te mata o Puaka i te hauraro, he tohu tau pai (W 1971:41). / Rigel twinkles in the north, a sign of a good year.

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Synonyms: kōkōraro, kōraki, tāpāraro, nōta, tokerau, marangai, raki, whakararo, tiu, tūāraki, muri

4. (noun) subscript.

panekoti hauraro

1. (noun) ankle-length skirt.

pū hauraro

1. (noun) subscript.

tipi hauraro

1. (verb) to exterminate, annihilate, decimate, eradicate, wipe out, mow down - sometimes as one word, i.e. tipihauraro (-tia).

Nā! tā te toa hanga, ka tipia haurarotia te hunga e kōkiri mai rā; tokowhitu nā te ringa ake o Ngārimu (Ngārimu VC citation). / This they did with such good effect that the attackers were mown down; seven by Ngārimu's own hand.

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Synonyms: tipi, tītipi