korikori
1. (verb) to move, get going.
Kaua hai korikori. Ka korikori ana, kua mōhiotia he tangata (HP 1991:127). / I must not move. If I moved it would be known that it was a person.
Synonyms: panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, kaneke, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, takataka, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, neke, paheke
2. (noun) movement, alert.
Ko te tuatara te ngārara rongonui ki Aotearoa; e 24 henimeta te roa, he pōturi tana korikori (Te Ara 2016). / Aotearoa/New Zealand’s famous reptile is the tuatara. It is 24 cm long and moves slowly.
Synonyms: whakaoreore, hikohiko, kori, whakanekeneke, nekehanga, whakatakataka, nukunuku
korikori
1. (noun) hairy alpine buttercup, mountain buttercup, Ranunculus insignis - a very large and beautiful native buttercup, with glossy leaves, found in pools of water in subalpine to low alpine regions. Leaves are heart- or kidney-shaped, thick and leathery with brown hairs fringing their toothed margins. Flowering stem is branched and carries numerous bright yellow flowers, 2-5 cm in diameter. Usually five to seven petals.
