kōrori

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to stir round.

Ka maka kia kotahi tīpūna huka pango ki roto, ka kōrori kia rewa (TP 5/1909:4). / Add one teaspoon of brown sugar and stir until it melts.

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2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to distort, disfigure.

3. (modifier) perverse, contrary.

Te kōrori: E kī ana a Paraire mō Te Hua-wai-pārae, he tangata mahi korokē, kōrori (M 2006:88). / Perversity: Paraire says about Te Hua-wai-pārae that he was an unusual perverse person.

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Synonyms: parori, korokē, whakatete, houkeke, hōkeke

4. (modifier) twisted, warped, distorted.

He rākau kōrori (W 1971:145). / A twisted tree.

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