kōruru
1. (noun) knucklebones, fivestones, jacks - a traditional game very similar to knucklebones, usually played with five stones. In the traditional Māori game the main stone, or jack, that is thrown up is called hai, the others kaimahi.
He momo tākaro o te whare tapere te kōruru. E rima ngā kōhatu āhua iti nei, ka whiua whakarunga, ka hopukina anō i mua i te taunga ki te papa (RMR 2017). / Knucklenones is a game from the Māori house of entertainment. It uses five small stones which are thrown upward and caught again before landing on the ground (RMR 2017).
See also ruru
Synonyms: ruru, tutukai, kaimakamaka
2. (noun) last move in a game of knucklebones.
Ko te ‘kōruru’: Koia te mahinga whakamutunga. Ka puritia ētahi kōhatu e whā ki te ringa, ko tētahi ki te papa. Ka whiua whakarunga ngā kōhatu e whā, ka tere kapohia te kōhatu kei te papa, me te hopu anō i ngā kōhatu e whā i whiua (RMR 2017). / The 'kōruru' stage: This is the last move. Four stones are held in the hand and one is on the ground. When the four stones are thrown up, the stone on the ground is snatched quickly and the four stones that were thrown up are caught again.
koruru
1. (noun) carved face on the gable of a meeting house, often representing the ancestor after which the house is named.
E rua rawa ngā nekehanga o tēnei whare, ā, nō ngā tau o te tekau tau mai i 1970, ka whakahoungia ngā amo, ngā maihi me te koruru (TTR 1990:377). / This house has been moved twice and in the 1970s the carved frontal features of amo, maihi and koruru were renewed.
2. (verb) to be wrinkled, puckered.
Kua kōruru haere te kiri o te koroua. / The elderly man's skin has gradually become wrinkled.
Synonyms: kūngenge, koruwhewhe, kūwhewhewhewhe
3. (noun) shadow.
Ka takoto rāua ki te kōruru o te rākau, he wera nō te rā. / They lay down in the shadow of the tree, because the sun was hot.
Synonyms: taumaru, taumarumaru, ataata, atarau, whakamomoka, whakamokamoka, maru, ātārangi
4. (noun) apprehension, uneasiness, fear, alarm, dread, unease.
Kai te tūnga o Maika ki runga rā, tau rawa te kōruru o te mate ki a koutou (M 2006:414). / When Maika stood up, the fear of death settled on you all.
kōrūrū
1. (verb) to be shaking.
E kōrūrū ana te whare i te hau pūkeri. / The house is shaking from the strong wind.
Synonyms: korū, wheoi, oinga, aroarowhaki, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, ngatari, whakangāueue
