kōmuri
1. (stative) backwards.
Ka hoki kōmuri mai te titiro ki te pae maunga o Tararua, kei tōna take nei ko ngā wai rahopē i ētahi wā, tuarangaranga i ētahi wā, o Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara e papaki nei ki ōna takutai huri noa, huri noa i tēnei whanga (HM 4/1992:1). / Looking back at the Tararua mountain range, at its base are the sometimes calm waters, at other times rough, of Wellington, breaking on its coast right around this bay.
Synonyms: whakamuri, whakatuarā