korikori
1. (verb) to move, get going.
Kaua hai korikori. Ka korikori ana, kua mōhiotia he tangata (HP 1991:127). / I must not move. If I moved it would be known that it was a person.
Synonyms: panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, kaneke, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, takataka, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, neke, paheke
2. (noun) movement, alert.
Ko te tuatara te ngārara rongonui ki Aotearoa; e 24 henimeta te roa, he pōturi tana korikori (Te Ara 2016). / Aotearoa/New Zealand’s famous reptile is the tuatara. It is 24 cm long and moves slowly.
Synonyms: whakaoreore, hikohiko, kori, whakanekeneke, nekehanga, whakatakataka, nukunuku
