iraira
1. (verb) to shine, glitter.
Ko te ingoa nei o Te Whiti-o-Rongomai e ai ki ōna uri (he manu iraira ki te rangi tau rawa ki Puke-Te Whiti), te ariā o te kaupapa i whakaaritia ai mā rāua ko Tohu hei waha i te ao Māori (TTR 1994:176). / According to his descendants, the name Te Whiti-o-Rongomai (celestial flight of the shining one, resting at Puke-Te Whiti) came to symbolise the essence of the mission that he and Tohu were called to carry in the Maori world.
Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, tore, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (modifier) having numerous moles and spots, dotted.
Me haina i runga i te rārangi iraira (Ng 1993:111). / You must sign on the dotted line.
3. (modifier) be variegated.
He harakeke iraira, he mumura te kākāriki o ngā whā, he kōwhai ngā tāekaeka, he karaka ngā tapa me te tuaka, he mā, he mōhinuhinu te muka o tēnei harakeke (PK 2008:603). / A variegated flax, with bright green leaves, yellow stripes, orange edges and midrib, while the fiber of this flax is white and shiny.
