tiro
1. (verb) (-hia) to look at, inspect, examine, observe, survey, view.
Nō taua pō i pae mai ai te ruru ki runga i te tuanui o te mahau o Tūtāwake i te marae o Whitianga, e tiro kau iho ana ki ōna whanaunga e whakatakatū ana i te haringa whakamutunga atu o Mōnita ki tana haukāinga (TTR 2000:56). / That night the morepork landed on the porch roof of Tūtāwake, at Whitianga marae, watching his kin preparing for Mōnita's last homecoming.
Synonyms: titiro, mataara, mātātaki, mātaki, mātai, mātakitaki
2. (noun) inspection, gaze.
tiro mākutu
1. (verb) (-tia) to stare, look hard, gawk, ogle.
Ki te haere au ki te tāone he tarau poto, kāore he tōkena, ka kite tonu au i ngā tāngata e tiro mākutu ana ki te nawe o taku waewae, ka whakamā au (HP 1991:21). / If I went to town in shorts and no soxs, I saw people staring at the scar on my leg and I was embarrassed.
See also mākutu
Synonyms: titiro mākutu, titiro whakatau
tiro korotaha
1. (verb) to look sideways, look askance, look suspiciously.
He wā anō he tiro korotaha tonu te mahi a te hunga kāinga ki te tākuta Māori nei, nā runga i tō rātou kore mōhio ki tōna kaha ki te whakaora tangata (TTR 1996:278). / For a time the local people looked askance at this Māori doctor, because of their lack of knowledge of his ability to heal people.
Synonyms: matakarapa, titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakakeko, titiro whakapī, korotaha, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, kōripi
2. (noun) looking sideways, looking askance, looking suspiciously.
Ko te whakaruru, koia te tiro korotaha o ngā whatu nunui, me te whātero ki taha kē (RMR 2017). / The whakaruru facial gesture is where the enlarged eyes stare sideways and the tongue protrudes in the opposite side.
Synonyms: titiro korotaha
2. (noun) overview.
Nuku kē noa atu te tiro whānui i ngā mokamoka kōrero i taua rīpoata tēnā i ērā mō ngā kaupapa ahu whenua takitahi (TTR 1996:108). / The overview went far beyond the details in that report than those of individual schemes.
Synonyms: tirohanga whānui
