karore

1. (verb) to be purposeless, fruitless.

Ko te tikanga ka tae mai tō tekehi ā kō ake nei, nō reira kaua koe e haere ki te karore haere (HKK 1999:147). / Your taxi is supposed to arrive shortly so don't go wandering off.

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Synonyms: makihoi

2. (modifier) wandering, roaming, rambling, restless.

He wairua karore tō Whātonga (Te Ara 2015). / Whātonga had a restless disposition.

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Synonyms: kairangi, ikimoke, kaparangi, irirangi, kārangirangi, tāhurihuri, ānau, hikimoke, kārangi, tītengi, kōkeko

3. (noun) wandering, rambling, roaming.

Ko ia te rangatira o Warahoe i te wā i hoki mai ai i ā rātau karore (EM 2002:155). / He was the chief of the Warahoe subtribe at the time they returned from their wanderings.

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Synonyms: ikimoke, kāwekaweka, pikopiko, parure, kaipāwe, autaki, kūrapa, tīweka, kaipaoe, kōkewa

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