rōre
1. (loan) (noun) lord.
Ngā tū āhua tāngata katoa ka kitea ki reira: ngā kīngi o tāwāhi i roto i ō rātou kākahu korōria, me ngā hōia tieki anō i a rātou; ngā piriniha, ngā tiuka, ngā mākuihi, ngā rōre me ērā atu karangatanga ariki o te iwi Pākehā (TP 6/1911:4). / All types of people were seen there: the kings of overseas in their amazing clothes and the soldiers guarding them; the princes, dukes, marquesses, lords and those other aristocrats of the Pākehā people.
Synonyms: ariki
rore
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to snare, trap, ensnare.
Te tukunga iho o tēnā pakanga, murua ake ngā whenua o Ngāi Te Rangi e te Kāwanatanga ka noho kino ngā hapū o Ngāi Te Rangi, ka rorea atu ki roto i aua raruraru (TTT 1/12/1929:1964). / As a result of that war the lands of Ngāi Te Rangi were confiscated by the Government and the subtribes of Ngāi Te Rangi lived in poverty, ensnared by those troubles.
2. (noun) trap, snare.
Ka kūmea ngā taura me te hūpanatanga o taua tāwhiti, o taua rore (W 1971:70). / The rope was pulled and the trap sprang back.
rore
1. (loan) (noun) truck, lorry - a long flat low wagon.
Ka kite hoki taku tuakana i a au e tū ana i te taha o te huarahi i tō mātau kāinga, ka whakatū ia i ana hōiho, kia piki atu au ki runga i te rore, ka noho i tōna taha (HP 1991:22). / When my elder brother saw me standing at the side of the road at our home he stopped his horses and I climbed onto the lorry and sat beside him.
Rore
1. (loan) (personal name) Lawry.
Ā ko ngā tamariki o taua kura i tae ki te 280, i aua tau, ā i akona mātou i raro i te akoranga a Te Rore, a Te Arekahānara Rira (TW 31/8/1878:437). / At the time there were 280 children at that school, and we were taught by the Rev. Lawry and Rev. Alexander Reid.
Rōre
1. (loan) (personal noun) Lord - a British title, especially for a marquess, earl, viscount, or baron.
Ka whakatika a Rōre Toropere, Pirimia o ingarangi, me ērā atu upoko kaiwhakahaere ki te ārai i ngā iwi nunui o te ao, kia kaua hei uru ki taua whawhai (TJ 11/1/1898:5). / Lord Salisbury and other statesmen took steps to stop the major powers of the world from entering that war.
pūpū rore
1. (noun) Arabic volute, Alcithoe arabica - a mollusc with a large, smooth, spindle-shaped shell and found half-buried in sand or mud from low tide level to depths of 75 m.
Synonyms: kaiwhao, pūpū tarataratea
pātiki rore
1. (noun) New Zealand sole, common sole, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae - a fish greenish-grey on top, white beneath, with a rounded snout and a mouth not quite at the very front of the snout, hidden by a hook-like projection. The body is oval-elongate with a broad head and small eyes. Endemic occuring throughout coastal Aotearoa/New Zealand as far south as Southland. Inhabits sandy substrata in subtidal area to around 55 m.
See also pātiki rori
Synonyms: horihori, raututu, tarore, pakeke, pātiki rori
Tānerore
1. (personal name) son of Tama-nui-te-rā, the sun, and Hine-raumati, the Summer Maiden. Tānerore is credited with the origin of haka and is the trembling of the air as heat haze seen on hot days of summer, represented by the quivering of the hands in haka and waiata.
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.
