para kore
1. (modifier) disheartened, crestfallen, discouraged, dispirited.
Ka kite te taua rā kua raru rātou i te pūkana a te wahine rā, ā, hoki para kore ana te taua i te raru i raru ai rātou i taua wahine (White 5 1888:21). / The war party saw that they had been defeated by the pūkana of that woman and they returned home crestfallen having been outdone by that woman.
para kore
1. (verb) to be pure, spotless, unblemished, immaculate.
Me horoi ngā pueru kia mā, kia pai te taka i ngā kai katoa, kia pai rawa te mā, kia para kore ngā mea katoa o te whare (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / Clothes must be washed clean, all food should be prepared properly, cleanliness should be perfect and everything of the house should be spotless.
2. (modifier) pure, spotless, unblemished, immaculate.
Pai atu hoki te hokohoko o tērā i tō te hiriwa e hokohokona nei, ōna hua i te koura para kore (PT Whakatauki 3:14). / For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
3. (noun) purity, cleanliness, spotlessness, faultlessness, immaculateness.
Ko te para kore, ko te puehu kore o aua whare, he pai rawa atu (TW 14/9/1878:457). / The cleanliness and lack of dust of those buildings was excellent.
