2. (modifier) slow.
2. (modifier) deaf, stubborn.
Ānō he tangata pōturi, he tangata wahangū tōku ahua i tēnei Whare (TWMNT 5/10/1875:220). / It's as if I am deaf and dumb person in this House.
3. (noun) slowness, deafness.
I mau haere tonu tana mahi patu piana, eke noa ki te waru tekau pea ōna tau, engari nā te pōturi ka mutu (TTR 2000:7). / He continued playing the piano until he was about 80 when his hearing failed.
poroire
1. (stative) be slow.
Kātahi rātou ka haere poroire haere i te taha o te waka nei, tae noa ki te tauihu o te waka, me te karakia haere tonu, huri noa mai i tētahi taha o te waka me te poroire haere mai o ngā tohunga nei i muri i a ia tae noa mai ki te kei o te waka (JPS 1957:224). / Then they went slowly along the side of the canoe, reaching the bow of the canoe, with the chant still continuing the experts turned and came slowly down the other side of the canoe behind him, until they reached the stern.
tīraha
1. (verb) (-tia) to lie face upwards, lie on one's back, lying open, exposed.
Kai taku whakaruruhau i ngā hau kino o te wā, i ngā tao tāwai, i ngā tao rangirangi, i ngā tao whakarōriki, tīraha rā! (HM 4/2009:3) / My protector from the evil winds of the time, from the taunts, from the annoying criticisms, lie there in state!
Synonyms: maraha, pōrararara
2. (verb) (-tia) to make into a bundle, bundle up.
Ka tīrahatia ā rātou aruhe, kotahi tonu te tīraha (W 1971:422). / The fern root was bundled up into just one bundle.
3. (verb) to be slow.
Tīraha tonu te haere o te pahi nei (W 1971:422). / This bus is going quite slowly.
4. (noun) bundle.
Ko te mea tuatahi i kitea e au, ko te tīraha harakeke e takoto ana (TPH 20/6/1905:6). / The first thing I saw was a bundle of flax lying there.
hōtoa
1. (verb) to be slow, sluggish, slow moving, protracted.
Kei roa rawa rānei ia e pupuri ana i ana hipi e rite ana mō te hoko, ka pau ngā tarutaru i tika rā kia tohungia mā nga hipi e puritia ana i runga i te whenua, ka pau rānei i te wā o te tau e hōtoa ana te tupu hou ake o te tarutaru (TP 7/1901:6). / Or he might be too long retaining his sheep when they are ready for sale and the grass that is right to be saved for the sheep that are be retained on the land will be eaten out, or it will be used up at the time of the year when the new growth of the grass is sluggish.
Synonyms: takaroaroa, auroa, autō, horotete
2. (modifier) stunted.
He mānuka hōtoa nei ngā tarutaru o runga (TTT 1/5/1928). / The vegetation on it is stunted mānuka.
2. (noun) lagoon, tarn, pond, pool.
See also pūroto
Synonyms: hāpua, pūroto, hāroto, hārotoroto, kōroto, whakamoana, puna, papawai
pūroto
1. (verb) to be lying in pools, sluggish, slow moving (of water).
Kāhore e kaha te rere o te awa; pūroto noa iho ana (W 1971:314). / The stream is not flowing strongly; it's just sluggish.
Synonyms: hōpua, tāpuapua, pūrotoroto
2. (noun) lagoon, tarn, pond, pool.
I kite ia i ngā kōiwi e kounu ake ana i te pūroto o Te Whanga (TTR 1990:153). / He saw the bones protruding from Te Whanga Lagoon.
Synonyms: hāpua, pūrotoroto, hāroto, hārotoroto, kōroto, whakamoana, puna, papawai
autō
1. (verb) to trail behind, drag out, protract, prolong.
Ko te ope a Te Whatanui, e rangatū atu ana mā te one ki Ōhau. Ko Ngāti Apa e autō ake ana i uta (TTR 1990:334). / While Te Whatanui's party were advancing along the beach to Ōhau, Ngāti Apa were trailing behind them inland.
Synonyms: whakaupa, whakaroa, whakaupaupa, aukume
2. (modifier) slow, dilatory, tardy, trailing behind, protracted, prolonged.
I pā ā-tinana tonu a Īhāia ki ngā whakahaere a te kōti whenua i te wā o ngā huihuinga autō mō te poraka o Waikōpiro me ētahi atu, nō mua kē atu he whenua rāhui i kōwhakina mai i te poraka o Waipukurau (TTR 1994:30). / Ihaia had personal experience of the operations of land court during the protracted hearings concerning the Waikōpiro block and others, which were originally reserves separated off from the Waipukurau block.
Synonyms: auroa, horotete, takaroaroa, hōtoa
3. (noun) tail - something that trails behind.
Ki ētehi anō he tūruapō nō te rangi, arā, he whetūrere, raukura te āhua, e topatopa ana i te rangi, mārama tonu te autō ki muri (TTR 1994:173). / Others believe that it was celestial – that is, a comet in the shape of a feather soaring in the sky, with a bright tail behind.
pōrohe
1. (adjective) untidy, messy, scruffy.
He tikanga pōrohe āhau (Ng 1993:276). / You have untidy habits (Ng 1993:276).
Synonyms: tātarahake, karukaru, tīwekaweka, pirara, tūheihei, tūkirakira, kōritorito
2. (modifier) soft, yielding, acquiescent, slow, deliberate.
Otirā ko te hiahia o Herepete ko te tū o te Māori: e tū rangatira rānei, e tū pononga rānei; e whai rawa rānei, e noho pōrohe rānei i te ao (TTT 1/9/1925:291). / But Herepete's concern is the standing of Māori in the world: whether they will have a noble status or whether they will be subservient; whether they will have wealth or be acquiescent.
pūhoi
1. (verb) to be slow, sluggish, unhurried.
E pūhoi ana mātou ki te whakamutu i te puta o te pepa ki te tangata, otirā kaua hoki koutou e pūhoi ki te tuku mai i tā koutou (TP 1/6/1902:4). / We are unhurried about ending the sending of the paper to people, soyou should not be slow to send your subscription.
2. (adjective) be dull.
Kua mātotoru hoki te ngākau o tēnei iwi, he pūhoi ngā taringa ki te whakarongo, ō rātou kanohi kua whakamoea e rātou (PT Nga Mahi 28:27). / For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed.
3. (modifier) blunt, blunted.
2. (verb) to be slow (of movements).
Ia tau, ia tau, ka pāhake haere tōna tinana. Ka tino takamori tana haere (TWK 48:4). / Each year his body matured. His movement was slow.
2. (noun) delay, slow in coming.
Nā te takaware o te taenga mai o ngā pūtea, kotahi noa iho te waka i oti wawe, arā, ko Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua (TTR 1996:48). / Because the funds were slow in coming, only one canoe, Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua, was completed in time.
2. (adjective) be slow, sluggish, stupid.
He pōrori rawa atu au ki te ako kia mōhio ki tēnei tākaro (HP 1991:42). / I was too slow in learning this sport.
3. (modifier) slow, slowly.
Nō muri mai, ka tangohia e te taua moana roera o Aotearoa te rangi mō tā rātou hīkoi pōrori (TTR 1996:257). / Later the tune was adopted by the Royal New Zealand Navy as their slow march.
4. (noun) slowness, sluggishness.
Kīhai i roa e haere ana ka mahue a te 'Rangatira', kātahi ka mōhiotia te pōrori o tērā tima (TWMNT 11/8/1874:204). / We hadn't been going for long before the 'Rangatira' was left behind, and then we realized how slow that ship was.
5. (noun) doorknob.
Ka huri ia i te pōrori, ka āta huaki i te kūaha. / She turned the doorknob and slowly opened the door.
tai mate
1. (noun) slack water, slow-moving water - a time at the turn of the tide when it is neither ebbing nor flowing.
Tirohia ake te pō ka tuku iho i runga Te Torohanga, ko te tohu tai mate ē (MM.TKM 1/2/1855:29). / Look up at the darkness that gathers on Te Torohanga, the sign of slack water.
He tai mate tēnei. Ka hoe tātou (W 1971:364). / This is slack water. Let's paddle.
whakapōturi
1. (verb) (-tia) to decelerate, slow down.
I a rātau e whakawhiti ana i te papa takoto o ngā pōma maina, i te taha tonga o Te Pouaka Kaponga, ka ara mai te āwhā kirikiri, nā konei hoki i whakapōturi tā rātau nekeneke (Te Rātaka o te Ope Taua Māori 9/1942). / As they crossed the minefields to the south of Kaponga Box a sandstorm blew up, and as a result their progress was slowed.
akutō
1. (verb) to be late, lagging, slow, overdue, tardy, delayed.
Nā te kaha o te āpitihana o ngā taha e rua i akutō ai te haere o ngā mahi, i kore ai e puāwai wawe ngā tūmanakotanga a tōna Kāwanatanga (TTT 1/6/1930:2074). / Because of the strength of the opposition of both sides, the progress of the work was behind schedule and the aspirations of his Government were not achieved quickly.
Synonyms: tōmuringa, muringa, reiti, tūreiti, tōmuri, takaroa
2. (modifier) late, lagging, slow, overdue, tardy, delayed.
Synonyms: tōmuri
2. (modifier) weak, frail, slow.
He tamaiti hōngoingoi (ngoikore) a Toarangatira i te wā e iti rawa ana a ia (White 4 1889:93). / Toarangatira was a frail child when he was very small.
3. (modifier) cowardly, spineless, faint-hearted.
Ahakoa kāore ia i whakaae ki tōna pāhi, ka nohopuku, he tangata hūngoingoi ia. / Although he didn't agree with his boss, he remained silent because he was a cowardly person.
4. (noun) elderly woman.
