2. (noun) diving.
Māwharu: He rangi pai, he rawe tonu mō te rukuruku kōura (HP 1991:30). / Thirteenth night of the lunar month: A good day and quite good for diving for crayfish.
3. (noun) small basket.
Ko ngā kai i whakatupuria he mea hari mai anō nā rātou i Hawaiki, arā, he kūmara, he taro, me te hue. Ko ngā kūmara he mea hari mai nā Whakaotirangi i roto i tana kete, koirā i takea mai ai te kōrero nei nā, 'te kete rukuruku a Whakaotirangi' (NIT 1995:53). / The foods that were planted they brought from Hawaiki, namely kūmara, taro and gourds. The kūmara were brought by Whakaotirangi in her basket, hence this saying, 'the small food-basket of Whakaotirangi'.
2. (modifier) very, extremely - follows taumaha or its variants to intensify.
He mahi taumaha rukuruku te whakamōhio i aku kaimahi kei te kati te toa nei, kua kore he mahi mā rātou i konei ā muri o te Kirihimete (HJ 2015:134). / It's a very difficult task informing my workers that this shop is closing and that there'll no longer be jobs for them after Christmas.
2. (noun) snorkelling.
