pōrahurahu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to be perplexed, confounded, embarrassed, awkward, careless, heedless, confused.
Ka tīmata te pupuhi ko te matenga tonutanga tēnei o te Rūhia, i te ohorere o te kōkiri a Tōkō, i te kaha, i te pukuriri, kua pōrahurahu noa iho te Rūhia (TP 6/1905:6). / When the bombardment began this was the downfall of the Russians and because of the suddenness, strength and ferociousness of Togo's attack, the Russians were quite confounded.
Synonyms: tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha, raumahara
2. (modifier) perplexing, annoying, careless, heedless, confused, troublesome.
I kī pēnei rātou mōna, arā, he tangata tohetohe ki te riri, he tangata pōrahurahu, makamaka kōrero haere noa tōna āhua (TTR 1994:111). / They said that he was a combative, annoying person, rather intemperate in discourse.
Synonyms: pōkaikaha
3. (noun) trouble, grievance, concern, problem, bother.
Hei whakatutuki māna i ngā pōrahurahu o Te Roroa, whakawherewheretia ana e ia ngā tokorua nei, a Te Kōti, ko ia te Mema Pāremata mō Kaipara, i 1928, me te Tiuka o Koroheta i 1935 (TTR 1998:19). / In an endeavour to resolve Te Roroa grievances, she lobbied J. G. Coates, MP for Kaipara, in 1928 and the Duke of Gloucester in 1935.
Synonyms: kūrakuraku, pōraruraru, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raruraru, raru, mate
