mōriroriro
1. (verb) to be estranged, alienated, isolated.
Nā te pahekotanga o Pōhio ki a Te Maihāroa ka noho mōriroriro ia i te tini o ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu. E pukuaroha ana ki te tohunga, engari e whakahē ana ki āna mahi (TTR 1990:113). / By joining Te Maiharoa, Pohio alienated himself from the majority of the Ngāi Tahu leaders, who sympathised with the tohunga but did not approve of his actions.
2. (verb) to be almost out of sight, just visible.
Mōriroriro kau ake i roto i te wai (W 1971:210). / It was only just visible in the water.
3. (modifier) alienated, estranged, isolated.
Nā te pahekotanga o Pōhio ki a Te Maihāroa ka noho mōriroriro ia i te tini o ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1990:113). / By joining Te Maihāroa, Pōhio alienated himself from many of the Ngāi Tahu leaders.
4. (noun) isolation, estrangement, distancing, alienation.
Nā Tūhaere te whakatenatena ki a Tāwhiao kia mutu te mōriroriro (TTR 1990:366). / It was Tūhaere who encouraged Tāwhiao to give up his isolation.
