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rōra

1. (loan) (noun) roller.

He tamaiti e 3 ¼ ngā tau i taka i runga i te tarakitā e tō ana i te rōra tekau tana te toimaha. Ka tāmia e te rōra mate rawa (TAH 6:60). / A 3 ¼ year old boy fell off a tractor towing a roller weighing ten tons. He was squashed by the roller and died.

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Synonyms: tauru, ngaro, rango

rōra

1. (loan) (noun) roll.

Ko ngā tāngata kua tuhituhi ō rātou ingoa ki te rōra rēti, pēnei e tika kia pōti rātou mō te takiwā i noho ai ō rātou ingoa i te rōra rēti (TW 7/9/1878:443). / Those persons who are enrolled on a ratepayer’s roll in any electoral district shall be qualified to vote on the election of members for their respective districts.

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Synonyms: whakarārangi, hurihuri, pukapuka, pīrori, rōru, rārangi ingoa, whakatakahuri, takahuri, kōpiupiu

rōrā

1. (verb) to be powerless, ineffectual.

I te hinganga o tana rōpū tōrangapū i te pōtitanga o te motu, ka rōrā noa te kaihautū, kāore i roa i muri mai, ka makere mai i tana tūranga (PK 2008:787). / When his political party fell in the general election, the leader became powerless, and it wasn't long after that that he stepped down from his position.

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2. (modifier) powerless, ineffective.

Nā ngā pakanga me te raupatu ka noho rōrā ētahi iwi (Te Ara 2014). / The wars and land confiscations left some tribes powerless.

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Synonyms: kuruki, paraheahea, mohemohe, ngoikore, hangenge, kahakore


3. (noun) weakling, unskilled person.

He aha mā te rōrā? (NP 2001:63). / What use is a weakling? (NP 2001:63).

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rora

1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-tia) to lay out, spread out.

Nā, ka roraia ngā uhi (White 2 1889:40). / Now, the covers were spread out.

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Synonyms: whakakaupapa, whakatakoto, hoahoa, tahora, hoa

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