Rūhia
1. (loan) (location) Russia, USSR - a country in northern Asia and eastern Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70, 155;)
I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.
2. (loan) (modifier) Russian.
Ngā herehere Rūhia kei Tiapani, 10 tianara, 70 kānara me ngā meiha (TP 5/1905:6). / The Russian prisoners in Japan include 10 generals, 70 colonels and majors.
3. (loan) (noun) Russian.
Ko te tangata nei he Rūhia, kāore e mōhio ki te reo Wīwī (TJ 2/8/1898:2). / This man was a Russian who didn’t know the French language.
rū
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to shake, quiver.
Ki te rū te whenua, ka tuwhera ngā poka hōhonu, ka whakahoroa ngā maunga, ka hūrorirori ngā whare (TTT 1/7/1929:1029). / If there's an earthquake, deep holes open up, mountains are caused to collapse, and houses sway about.
Synonyms: haurui, pioi, tāwiri, rui, pīoioi, whīoioi, ngatari, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, tīoi, whakaruerue, pīoraora, oraora, whakangāteriteri, ngatē, ngaeke, hīoioi, tīoioi, rūrū, whakapoi, whakangāueue, ārohirohi, oioi, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, kūreperepe, ngāoraora, ngaue
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to scatter, sow.
I runga i te retinga ki ngā Pākehā, me mātua whakapai e aua Pākehā te whenua, arā me turaki ngā rākau, ka tahu ki te ahi, ka rū ki te karaihe, ko tōna tikanga whakapai tēnā (TJ 23/2/1899:2). / With regard to leasing to the Pākehā, they should first improve the land, that is they should clear the trees, burn them and sow with grass; that's what improve means.
Synonyms: whakapirara, whakatakataka, whakamarara, kaupāpari, heuheu, rui, rara, paratī, hora, whakakorakora, whakaehu, rauroha, rure, kaihora, toha, tohatoha, korara, maheu
3. (noun) earthquake.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 74, 94-96; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.
