tūroro
1. (verb) to be sick, ill, unwell.
E tūroro ana anō hoki te tamaiti pōtiki a Matutaera, ā e kīia ana he nui tana mate (TW 19/8/1876:307). / Matutaera's youngest child is also sick and it is said that his illness is serious.
Synonyms: tarutaruhea, māuiui, tūpoupou, mate, māruru
2. (noun) sick person, invalid, patient.
Kia āhua roa e pāwerawera ana, ka whakamaroke te tinana o te tūroro ki tētahi tāora, ā ka kuhu ai he kahu maroke (TTT 1/9/1928:846). / When the patient has been hot for quite a long time, dry the body with a towel and put on dry clothes.
Synonyms: tūpāpaku, manawanui, mānawanawa, hāura, manawa rahi
waka tūroro
1. (noun) ambulance.
Nō ngā tau 1937 me 1938 i puta anō hoki ia i ana whakamātautau mō te Kāhui o Hoani, ā, e ruarua nei ngā tau e tūmau tūao mai ana ia i ngā waka tūroro o te rohe o Tūtaenui (TTR 2000:6). / He also passed St John Ambulance Association exams in 1937 and 1938, serving as a volunteer ambulance attendant in the Marton area for several years.
whare tūroro
1. (noun) sanatorium, sick bay.
Ko te mea tino whakamīharo rawa ia ko te whare tūroro me ngā wai ngāwhā hei kaukauranga, i hangaia ki roto i te whare (HKW 1/11/1901:10). / But the really wonderful thing was the sanatorium with hot pools for bathing places constructed inside the building.
waka harihari tūroro
1. (noun) ambulance.
Kua whakaritea me haere au mā runga i te waka rererangi ki Rotorua, ā, mā te waka harihari tūroro o Taupō au e tiki mai, ā, ka mau ki Taupō (HP 1991:314). / It had been arranged that I should go on the plane to Rotorua and the Taupō ambulance would come to collect me and take me to Taupō.
