horihori
1. (verb) to speak falsely, mistake, misjudge.
Kei roto tonu ahau i te kohu e whakapōhēhētia ana e aua iwi kawenga mātauranga nui, kia tino mōhio ai ahau ko wai e horihori ana (TP 10/1903:7). / I am still in the dark being misinformed by those people conveying important information but I will really know who is lying.
Synonyms: hori, pōkaku, pōhauhau, hē, hapa, pōhēhē, hēnga, hēanga
2. (modifier) false, untrue, phoney, synthetic, artificial.
He tohu kūare tēnei, he hua nō te whakaaro horihori (TP 1/5/1901:1). / This is uninformed advice, a result of incorrect opinion.
3. (noun) falsehood, lie.
E kī ana ngā kaiwhakahaere a Mahuta, he horihori (TP 10/1903:7). / Mahuta's administrators are saying that it is a lie.
Synonyms: tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, hori, pūkei, kēā, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa, rūpahu, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa
horihori
1. (noun) cloak with black twisted strings here and there like a korowai.
Ka tīkina atu tōna kahu horihori. He kārure ngā hukahuka o te horihori. Ka hoatu te ahi ki te kākahu, ka tahutahuna kia pūareare. (TTR 1990:237). / He took his cloak, a horihori with twisted black strings, and burned holes in it.
horihori
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: pātiki rore, raututu, tarore, pakeke, pātiki rori
arero horihori
1. (noun) deceitful tongue, liar.
He maha ngā arero horihori e tuhi ana i ngā kōrero tekateka noa mō tōku matua, mō tōku whānau, mōku hoki. / There are many liars writing untruths about my father, my family and about me.
Synonyms: arero teka, arero hīanga
whakahaumako horihori
1. (noun) artificial fertiliser.
He pararopi-kore ētahi whakahaumako, arā, kāore i hua mai i ngā matū pōpopo o te taiao, ko te nuinga kāore e whai waro ana, ā, he mea hanga e te tangata. Ka kīia he whakahaumako horihori (RP 2009:442). / Some fertilisers are inorganic waste, that is they are not made from natural decomposed material, the majority lacking carbon and are man-made. These are called artificial fertilisers.
arero
1. (noun) tongue - used in a number of expressions to describe lying and liars. e.g. arero teka, arero hīanga, arero horihori.
Ka titiro te tākuta, kātahi ka kī atu ki a ia, "E hoa, whātero tō arero." (TM 15/5/1881:3). / The doctor looked and then said to her, "My friend, please poke out your tongue."
2. (noun) carved point of a taiaha.
Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā, ko te patu parāoa i te ringa, ka hāpainga mai tana patu ki a Puhihuia, ā nō ka tata, ka whiua te patu rā ki te upoko o te kōtiro nei. Karohia ake, tērā te haere rā, tahi anō te whiunga o te arero o te taiaha rā ki te poho o tērā, koropeke ana, noho ana tērā ki raro (TAH 46:20). / One of those women stood up with a whalebone patu in her hand and raised her patu against Puhihuia and when she was close she aimed a blow with it at Puhihuia's head; but Puhihuia parried it and with one thrust of the point of her taiaha to the chest of that one, she doubled up and sat down.
