heru
1. (verb) to flow, rise (of the tide).
Kei te aha te tai? Kātahi anō ka heru mai (W 1971:46). / What is the tide doing? It has just started to rise.
Synonyms: pipī
2. (noun) flowing, rising (of the tide).
Kīhai i roa e whanga ana ka tīmata te heru mai o te tai, tere tonu te haere mai o te wai. Kīhai i taro kua tae mai ki te wāhi i noho ai a Parapoa rātou ko ōna hoa (TWMNT 2/5/1876:104). / He was not long waiting when the tide began to rise, and the waters rushed in. It wasn't long before they reached the place where Balboa and his companions were sitting.
