2. (verb) (-tia) to be black, dark.
3. (modifier) sad, anxious.
Synonyms: pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha
Ngārimu, Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
1. (personal name) (1919-1943) Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-a-Apanui; sportsman and soldier of the 28th Māori Battalion who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his bravery against the Germans in the Second World War when he was killed on 27 March 1943.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 183-184;)
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
