ngaru

ngarue

1. (verb) (-a) to shake, move to and fro.

E kīia ana i te wā e haka ana tētahi o aua matua, ngarue ana te whenua (TKO 30/6/1920:5). / It is said that at the time that one of those groups was performing the haka, the ground shook.
Pango ana te ao i te auahi o ngū pū nunui, ngarue ana te whenua, pēnei me tētahi whatitiri nui. Kāore he tānga manawa o te waiwaipū (TKO 15/6/1917:7). / The day was black from the smoke of the artillery, the land shook as if there was great clap of thunder. There was no respite from the gunfire.

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Synonyms: koiri, kaurori, ngāruerue, piupiu, pioi, takaoreore, kōpiupiu, ngatari, rū, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi

1. (noun) wave (of the sea), corrugation.

He ākau kei waho, ka whati mai te ngaru ka pakaru ki te ākau, nā ka marino noa iho a roto (TP 5/9/1909:10). / There is a reef on the open sea and the waves break on the reef and inside it is quite calm.

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ngaru

1. (noun) some obstruction supposed to be in the nose of a new-born child.

koneke ngaru

1. (noun) boogie board.

peke ngaru

1. (noun) wave jumper.

eke ngaru

1. (verb) to surf.

2. (noun) surfing, boogie-boarding.

ngaru whati

1. (verb) be breaking as waves.

I whakaae ia e kore e taea te ārai atu ngā tāngata whai e ngaru whati mai ana ki ngā whenua taramore Māori (TTR 1994:10). / He agreed that the people seeking undeveloped Māori land could not be stopped.

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2. (noun) breakers.

He aituā tino nui te hinganga o Tūhawaiki i te wā e tū ana mai te ope matua o ngā Pākehā me he ngaru whati mai (TTR 1990:370). / The death of Tūhawaiki at a time when the main influx of Pākehā settlement was occurring was a major tragedy.

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retireti ngaru

1. (verb) surfing.

Aoake, ka haere a Kahungunu i te taha o Tamatakutai ki te tākaro retireti ngaru mā runga waka (Te Ara 2013). / Next morning Kahungunu joined Tamatakutai in the sport of surfing in a canoe.

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ngaru pae

1. (noun) secondary wave, transverse wave.

Ko te ngaru pae: He huapae te nuku o ēnei rū whakawhiti, he haurua i te tere o te ngaru pou (RP 2009:376). / The secondary wave: These seismic waves are horizontal and half the speed of a primary wave.

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ngaru pou

1. (noun) primary wave, longitudinal wave.

Ko te ngaru pou: He kurutē te āhua o ēnei rū whakawhiti, he tere hoki te haere (RP 2009:376). / The primary wave: These seismic waves are compressed and travel quickly.

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reti ngaru

1. (modifier) surfing.

E mōhiotia whānuitia ana a Te Māhia mō te mahana o ngā rangi, mō ōna tuaone, mō te hī ika me ngā wāhi reti ngaru (Te Ara 2013). / Māhia is well known for its warm climate, beaches, fishing and surfing spots.

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