ngoringori
1. (verb) weak, listless, ineffectual.
Tokorua aua tama a Kanute i āhua ngoringori, kāore i kitea he tohungatanga i a rāua (KO 15/7/1884:7). / Canute had two sons who were somewhat weak, and any ability that they might have was not evident.
Synonyms: maero, tūrūruhi, toupiore, wairuhi, maninohea, korou kore, ngoikore, whakaroau, ngehe, anuhea, hangenge, iwikore, taharangi, ārangirangi, kahakore, hauhauaitu, ānewa, whakapahoho, pōngenge, whakatairuhi, tārure, tūpaku, iwingohe
2. (modifier) of lowly status.
Ki te kite ia i ētahi tāngata o ētahi iwi kē, o ētahi hapū kē, ka karangatia e ia kia peka ki te kāinga, ahakoa ope tino tāngata, ope ngoringori noa iho rānei ka karangatia e ia ki te kāinga, ka manaakitia e ia (JPS 1927:252). / If she saw people of other tribes or clans, she would call to them to stop off at the village; whether a party of important people or one of lowly status, they would be invited by her to the village and given hospitably.
