mārangaranga
1. (verb) to rise up one by one.
I te ahiahi ka tae mai taua hunga, he tokomaha noa atu, ka tae ki te pō, ka tomo ki roto i te whare, ka moemoe, i te tahi o ngā hāora i te pō, ka mārangaranga ki runga taka kai ai mā rātau (TPH 27/2/195:8). / In the evening that group arrived and there were many of them. When night arrived they went into the house and slept until 1 am when they got up to prepare food for themselves.
2. (verb) to bob up and down.
Tēnei te ruru te koukou mai nei, kīhai i māhitihiti, kīhai i mārangaranga te upoko nui o te ruru (W 1971:181) / Here is the morepork which hoots, but whose head does not toss about or bob up and down.
3. (modifier) moving about, appearing here and there, seen often in various places, popping up here and there.
He tangata nui - nui tinana, nui whakapapa, nui mana, nui whakaaro, nui aroha! He whare kōrero, he puna waiata, he tangata mātau ki ngā rerenga kōrero tuku iho i te Pō, he tohunga ki te whakaheke kāwai tangata, he poutāhū nō te Hāhi Ringatū, he tumu herenga waka. He kārearea topa ki tua o ngā rārangi maunga, he kūaka mārangaranga i runga o ngā marae, he kākā i waenga i te marea (EM 2002:232). / He is a big man - large in stature, genealogy, mana, ideas and charity! An orator, a fount of traditional songs, a person knowledgeable of traditional narratives, an expert in genealogies, a stalwart of the Ringatū Church, and a charismatic leader. He is a falcon souring beyond the mountain ranges, a bar-tailed godwit bobbing up and down (seen regularly) on marae, and a leader amongst the masses. (Part of a citation by Wiremu Parker of Ngāti Porou for Eruera Mānuera of Ngāti Awa when an Honorary Doctorate was conferred on him.)
Synonyms: tatere
