pakihore
1. (verb) to be lazy, indolent, idle, slothful.
Ka mōhio te taina, a Makoro, he kore kahu nō Tamaterangi, he pakihore nō te wahine kāore e mōhio ki te tāniko, arā ki te whatu kākahu (TP 11/1908:5). / The younger sister, Makoro, knew that Tamaterangi had no suitable clothes, because the wife was lazy and didn't know how to do tāniko, that is to weave garments.
2. (modifier) lazy, indolent, idle, slothful.
Ka māngere ana te wahine ki te raranga whāriki, takapau, kōaka, ka kīia, 'He uri nō Hinerangi pakihore.' (TP 11/1908:6). / When a woman is too lazy to weave mats, fine floor mats and coarse mats it is said, 'A descendant of lazy Hinerangi.'
Synonyms: makuku, tūkeke, waimori, toupiore, mākoko, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, ngehe, māikoiko, hakirara, pirorehe, hākiki, tō kumu
