1. (verb) to be unsettled, moving about, loose, unfixed.
Tatere tonu tāua, tē ū te noho, tē aha (W 1971:395). / We are quite unsettled and cannot sit still, or do anything.
Synonyms: mārangaranga, tangatanga, tāreparepa, moepuku, mātangatanga, korokoro, tāngengangenga, tāwēwē, ngoru, hāngengangenga, hūngorungoru, tāngāngā, tangara, tangoro, tītengi, kaewa
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