tōiriiri
1. (verb) to resound, tingle, vibrate, resonate, reverberate.
Hei ētahi wā, he mea e tōiri ai ā-roto i a koe, ka rongo tonu nei koe i tō poho nei, e tōiriiri ana ā-roto i a koe, koirā ki a au te ihi (Wharehuia 2012). / Sometimes it was something that resonates within you, you could feel it in your chest resonating within you - to me that is 'ihi'.
Synonyms: tōiri, oro, pakū, paoro, haruru, hau, hū, papahū, ngātoro, tūpapahū, pohū, pakō, papā, pāorooro, māorooro, wheoro
2. (noun) vibration, reverberation.
Ka tōiriiri te tōrino ina pā mai ana he ngaru oro, ā, ka whakawhitia ngā tōiriiri ki te hama (RP 2009:388). / The eardrum vibrates when sound waves strike it and the vibrations are transferred to the malleus.
Synonyms: paorangi
