poururu
1. (verb) to be darkish, gloomy, glum, disconsolate, miserable, depressed.
Ko Rūpena Paraki, he nanakia he haraki rawa i te kāinga i noho ai ia, puta kau anō ia kua poururu mai te kanohi o te tangata (TH 1/12/1859:5). / Reuben Black was a demon and a very peculiar person in the village where he lived and when he appeared a person's face became glum.
Synonyms: pākatokato, whakapōuri, tūreikura
2. (modifier) darkish, gloomy, glum, disconsolate, miserable, depressed.
Ka tanumia tōna tinana ki ngā nehu o te kāinga tangata kē, ka noho noa mai i tawhiti tōna pouaru poururu (TK 25/9/1945:34). / When his body was buried with the interment customs for strangers, his disconsolate widow lived far away.
