hora
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina) to spread out, display, make public, scatter, lie scattered about, go, flee, escape.
He nui ngā kirikiri kua mauria mai i te whakatakere o te awa o Wharekahika mō ngā mahi raima, ā, hei hora haere ki runga i te huarahi (TTT 1/3/1928:746). / There is a lot of gravel that has been brought from the riverbed of the Wharekahika river for making concrete and to spread on the road.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara
2. (verb) to lie prostrate (as a corpse).
Titiro ki te tangata e hora ana i tātahi (NM 1928:148). / Look at the man lying prostrate on the beach.
3. (noun) spread, display.
Ahakoa kāore i tutuki te tono a te komiti, ko te mea nui i taea e Taiaroa ko te hora atu i ngā take a Ngāi Tahu ki mua i te Pāremata (TTR 1994:101). / Although the recommendation of the committee was not acted on, the important thing achieved by Taiaroa was the presentation of Ngāi Tahu claims before Parliament.
4. (noun) wharawhara, Astelia banksii - a native plant related to the lily with silvery, grass-like, drooping leaves and small, cream flowers. Fruit is reddish purple. Grows on the ground or on rocks.
