2. (verb) to strike, crash into, bump into.
Kīhai i mutu tana kōrero ka paoro tō rātou poti. I te pōuri, kīhai rātou i kite i paoro ki te aha (TWK 15:29). / He hadn't finished talking when their boat crashed. Because of the dark they couldn't see what they had struck.
3. (noun) echo.
Mau ana te paoro ki runga o Maunga-a-Kāhia (JPS 1901:203). / The echo was heard on Maunga-a-Kāhia.
4. (noun) drugg - wooden blocks used when the whale had been harpooned. These created drag for the whales designed to slow them down and thus tire them out. This is the likely meaning in this example.
Kotahi anō rerenga o ngā haeana a ngā autaia rā, te wiriwiri haere atu anō i te takiwā, tū atu ana ki te ika rā, tētahi ki mauī, tētahi ki katau, anana! Nā te paoro i pupuri, me he kurī kautete (TWMNT 18/9/1877:196). / Just one toss of the harpoons of those fellows and they quivered in the air, sticking into that marine mammal, one to the left and the other to the right, and low and behold, the drugg held like the piece of wood used in tying up a dog to prevent it from gnawing the rope.
2. (modifier) echoing, often spoken about, well-known, renowned - often in the phrase pari kārangaranga (echoing cliffs, cliffs often spoken about).
Kohi: Ko te kūrae i waho o Whakatāne, i te taha rāwhiti. He pou whenua kārangaranga nō tērā takutai, e kaha ana te haere i roto i ngā waiata (M 2004:358). / Kohi: The headland outside of Whakatāne on the eastern side. It is a well-known landmark of that coast, and it is often quoted in songs.
pāorooro
1. (verb) to resound, echo, reverberate, jar, tingle - particularly used for any harsh or unpleasant sound.
Nō te 10 o ngā rā o Hune i tae mai ai ngā rongo e pāorooro ai ngā taringa mō te aituā nui whakaharahara i puta nei ki te rohe o Te Arawa (KO 24/8/1886:1). / On 10 June the reports arrived which resounded in the ears about the terrible calamity that had occurred in the Te Arawa region.
Synonyms: tiā, tioro, tiotio, wheoro, tōiriiri, oro, pakū, paoro, haruru, hau, hū, tōiri, papahū, ngātoro, tūpapahū, pohū, pakō, papā, māorooro
2. (verb) to jar, ache, throb, ring (from a harsh noise), tingle (of the ears).
Nā ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, Nana,ka mahia e ahau he mahi i roto i a Iharaira, e pāorooro ai ngā taringa e rua o te hunga katoa e rangona ai (PT 1 Hamuera 3:11). / And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
2. (noun) roar, continuous noise, rumble, thud.
Nā, i tōna taenga atu ki raro i tētahi pari, e tūpou haere atu ana hoki ia, e kuhu haere ana hoki mā raro i te ururua, ka rongo ake ia i te haruru nui, kāore i taro, ehara, kua mau ngā matihao o tētahi kurī ki tōna kakī me te ngunguru mai hoki o taua kurī nei (TWMNT 22/6/1875:175). / Now, when he reached the bottom of a cliff, and he was stooped over as he entered the undergrowth by foot, he heard a loud noise, and before long, low and behold, an animal caught his neck with its claws and it was growling.
Synonyms: wawā, horu, māorooro, wheoro, kokō, ngunguru, oro, hanguru, rarā
2. (noun) sound, rumble.
3. (noun) note (music).
He tōiriiritanga takitahi te oro ka rangona e te taringa. He mea whakaatu te oro ki tētahi tohu puoro kotahi, e kitea ai tōna roa me tōna tangi (RTP 2015:67). / A note is a single audible vibration or sound. A note is represented by a musical symbol which shows its duration and pitch (RTP 2015:67).
