tāruru
1. (verb) to be close together.
I tētahi pō ka titiro ia ki te pō tū i waho i Te Omanga e tāruru ana, ki Te Ika-o-te-rangi me Ngā Pātari, ki te tae pūkohu tataiore e taipua ana i ngā maunga (JPS 1911:17). / One night he looked at the clouds beyond Te Omanga, resting close and compact, at the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds, at the flakes of mist running together and settling in masses on the mountains.
2. (noun) fleet (of canoes, ships, etc.), convoy.
I te taenga mai o ngā tāruru tino nui kē nei e mau mai ana i ngā taotū i Karipori, neke atu i te 166, i te 190 rānei, ā rātou mahi takai ia rā (TTR 2000:163). / The arrival of big convoys bringing the wounded from Gallipoli meant doing more than 166 or 190 dressings a day.
