rū
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to shake, quiver.
Ki te rū te whenua, ka tuwhera ngā poka hōhonu, ka whakahoroa ngā maunga, ka hūrorirori ngā whare (TTT 1/7/1929:1029). / If there's an earthquake, deep holes open up, mountains are caused to collapse, and houses sway about.
Synonyms: haurui, pioi, tāwiri, rui, pīoioi, whīoioi, ngatari, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, tīoi, whakaruerue, pīoraora, oraora, whakangāteriteri, ngatē, ngaeke, hīoioi, tīoioi, rūrū, whakapoi, whakangāueue, ārohirohi, oioi, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, kūreperepe, ngāoraora, ngaue
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to scatter, sow.
I runga i te retinga ki ngā Pākehā, me mātua whakapai e aua Pākehā te whenua, arā me turaki ngā rākau, ka tahu ki te ahi, ka rū ki te karaihe, ko tōna tikanga whakapai tēnā (TJ 23/2/1899:2). / With regard to leasing to the Pākehā, they should first improve the land, that is they should clear the trees, burn them and sow with grass; that's what improve means.
Synonyms: whakapirara, whakatakataka, whakamarara, kaupāpari, heuheu, rui, rara, paratī, hora, whakakorakora, whakaehu, rauroha, rure, kaihora, toha, tohatoha, korara, maheu
3. (noun) earthquake.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 74, 94-96; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.
Rūaumoko
1. (personal name) atua of earthquakes and the youngest child of Rangi-nui and Papa-tū-ā-nuku. Also known as Rūaimoko.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 74-96;)
I te tekau tau atu i 1860 e mahi hoko whenua taupetupetu tonu ana a Te Mānihera. Inarā i te tau 1862, ka hokona e ia te whenua i Te Pūata (Tāheke rānei), ki te kāwanatanga. Ko tērā whenua nā Rūaumoko i puha ake i te tapa tonu o te moana o Wairarapa i te tau 1855 (TTR 1990:286). / Te Mānihera was still involved in disputed land deals through the 1860s. For example, in 1862 he sold the land at Te Pūata (or Tāheke) to the government. That land had been raised above the Wairarapa lake level by the 1855 earthquake.
See also Rūaimoko
parawhenua
1. (noun) flood, avalanche, tsunami - destructive action caused by a natural event such as an earthquake.
E rua rau tāngata i mate rawa i te parawhenua o te hukarere i heke mai i ngā maunga (KO 16/3/1888:9). / Two hundred people were killed by the avalanche that descended from the mountains.
See also tai āniwhaniwha, parawhenua mea
2. (personal name) personification of floods, avalanches and tsunamis - destructive action caused by natural events such as earthquakes and floods. Often as Parawhenua mea, said to be the wife of Kiwa.
Kia mau te taura o tēnei o ō tātau waka, koi motu ka haria e Parawhenua mea ki runga ki te tūāhu o tāna tama (TJ 10/5/1898:7). / Hold on to the rope of our canoe lest it is severed and taken by Tsunami onto the sacred place of rituals of her son.
See also parawhenua mea
parawhenua mea
1. (noun) flood, tsunami - a destructive wave caused by an earthquake.
Kei ngā kōrero tuku iho a te Māori ngā kōrero mō te rū me te parawhenua mea (Te Ara 2012). / Māori oral traditions refer to earthquakes and tsunamis.
See also tai āniwhaniwha, parawhenua
