2. (verb) to shine (e.g. through a narrow aperture).
Ka kitea te mārama tū-ā-iti nei e tore ana; i kitea ki te angotanga o te kēkē o Rangi (White 1 1887:144). / A glimmer of light was shining; seen in the gap in Rangi's armpit.
Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
3. (modifier) quick, keen, sharp (of eyesight).
Kīia ai te tangata karu tore, ‘he kanohi hōmiromiro’ (Te Ara 2016). / A person with sharp eyesight was said to have 'eyes of a tomtit'.
4. (noun) vagina, vulva.
Koia nei te pūtake mai o te ure tāne. Koia nei te pūtake o te tore wahine i te ao nei (JPS 1903:150). / That is the origin of the male penis. That is the origin of the female vagina in this world.
tore kai huruhuru
1. young warrior.
Nō te haerenga o ngā reo whakatau o ngā kuia ka puta ōna tore kai huruhuru me ā rātou taiaha ki konā pīkarikari ai, whakapātaritari ai i te tira whakaeke (HM 2/1994). / When the elderly ladies' welcome calls went out the young warriors with their taiaha came forward to prance about to challenge the approaching party.
Tītore-māhu-tū
1. (location) Tītore-māhu-tū - a place below the horizon where Matariki (Pleiades) disappears to at the end of the Māori year. Matariki was said to visit four places, each for seven nights. The fourth place visited was Tītore-māhu-tū.
E whā ngā kāinga e haeretia ana e Matariki: (1) Maukahau, e whitu ngā pō; (2) Tārarau-ātea, e whitu ngā pō; (3) Papa-whakatangitangi, e whitu ngā pō; (4) Tītore-māhu-tū, e whitu ngā pō (TTT 1/5/1922:14). / There are four homes that the Pleiades travels to: (1) Maukahau, for seven nights; (2) Tārarau-ātea, for seven nights; (3) Papa-whakatangitangi, for seven nights; and (4) Tītore-māhu-tū, for seven nights.
See also Maukahau, Papa-whakatangitangi, Māhu-tū, Matariki
Māhu-tū
1. (personal noun) a place below the horizon where Matariki (Pleiades) disappears to at the end of the Māori year. Matariki was said to visit four places, each for seven nights. The fourth place visited was Tītore-māhu-tū, or Māhu-tū.
Ko Matariki kei Papa-whakatangitangi, e whitu ngā pō ki reira ka tae ki Māhu-tū, ka tae tēnei ki ngā pō o Tangaroa, ko te tekau mā ono tēnei o ngā rā o Hune, ka puta ake i te hiku o Te Mangōroa (TTT 1/6/1922:10). / The Pleiades is at Papa-whakatangitangi for seven nights and then arrives at Māhu-tū and this is the night of Tangaroa, the 16th of June, when it appears in the tail of the Milky Way.
