tuauriuri
1. (modifier) very dark, pitch-black - sometimes pronounced with long vowels, i.e. tūāuriuri.
Ki te patero te tangata, mā te karakia whāioio tuauriuri rawa e muru (TTR 1998:206). / If a person broke wind, it evoked dark karakia.
Synonyms: pōtangotango
2. (modifier) many, countless, myriad, innumerable, umpteen - intensifies words indicating a large number.
Ko te ringa o te Atua kei runga kei tēnei whenua, nō reira i tupu ake ai te mano tuauriuri o te pūwhā, o te tātaramoa (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:26). / The hand of God is upon this land, causing countless thorns and thistles to spring up.
Synonyms: ngerongero, ngero, te mahi a te ..., tini, tokomaha, pio, maha, marea, wene, mahi, hia, tuarea, nui, maruru, makehua, rea, papata, makiu, rahi, huhua, hira, takitini, mahamaha, te hanga a te
3. (noun) blackout.
I te wetonga o te hiko ka tau te tuauriuri (RMR 2017). / When the power was extinguished the blackout occured.
