popō
1. (verb) (-tia) to crowd round, throng, mill around, swarm round, flock to, congregate.
I ngā rangi o te raumati, popō ana ngā whānau ki te onepū. / In the days of summer, families flock to the beach.
Synonyms: whakatairangi
2. (verb) to smoulder.
Ka tae te taua ki te puni o te hoariri, kua wehe kē rātou, engari e popō tonu ana ngā ahi. / When the war party reached the camp of the enemy they had already departed, but the fires were still smouldering.
ponguru
1. (verb) to smoulder.
Te putanga whakareretanga o te rū ki taua wāhi, he mano, he mano, ngā tāngata ki te mate e ai tā te waea; ā, tū tonu eke ngā ngāwhā e hū mai nei, e tioro mai nei, e ponguru mai nei, kotahi tekau mā ono (KO 15/9/1883:3). / When the earthquake suddenly stuck that place thousands and thousands of people died, according to the telegram; and there are sixteen fumaroles still erupting, making a horrible noise and smouldering.
2. (modifier) sonorous, resonant, deep-toned, gruff.
He reo hōhonu, he reo ponguru te āhua o tōna reo, ā, ahakoa te rangi o te waiata i taea noatia e ia te waiata tika (TTR 2000:93). / He had a deep, sonorous voice, and no matter what the tune he could pitch it accurately.
3. (noun) dense black smoke.
Kāore i kitea te kūaha, nā te kī o te rūma i te ponguru (PK 2008:663). / The door couldn't be seen because the room was full of dense black smoke.
2. (verb) to smoulder.
Ko ērā tima e rua kua paea atu ki tētahi taha o te awa, ki reira ka torohū ai (TWMNT 17/8/1875:189). / Those two ships had stranded on one side of the river where they smouldered.
3. (verb) to huddle together, crouch.
Ka torohū ngā tamariki i te kokonga o te rūma (Ng 1993:211). / The children huddled together in the corner of the room.
5. (modifier) smouldering.
Ka roa e takoto ana ki runga kaipuke, ka pūmāhu, ka kā tonu iho - he kā torohū, ā wera tonu te kaipuke, e kore e taea te tini (TWM 30/12/1869:1). / After lying on the ship for a long time, it heated up and began to burn - a smouldering fire and the ship was burnt out, it could not be stopped.
6. (noun) potential.
Synonyms: pito mata
whakapopō
1. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to make smoulder - by covering a fire with weeds or earth.
Ā ka tae taua iwi rā, a Ngā Rauru, ka whakapopōria ngā ahi o te kāinga rā, kia kīia ai e Kaihamu mā, he kai mā rātou, mā Kaihamu mā, e tahuna ana (White 4 1889:79). / And that tribe, Ngā Rauru, made the fires of the village smoulder so that Kaihamu and his people would say that some food for them, for Kaihamu and the others, was being cooked.
pongere
1. (verb) to be engulfed, stifling, dark, smoulder, give off smoke.
Nō te ekenga a ngā hōia ki reira, ka whiua atu e tētahi he mōunga ahi ki roto ki taua whare, inamata! Ka pongere, ka mura (TWT 1/9/1858:13). / When the soldiers stormed that place, one tossed a burning stick into the house and immediately it was engulfed in flames.
2. (noun) A small species of eel.
