marumaru
1. (stative) be shaded, sheltered.
Ka marumaru tēnei kāinga i te rākau (W 1971:184). / This home is shaded by the tree.
Synonyms: ruru, whakaruruhau, kokohu, kauruku, maru, tūmaru, taumaru, pāruru, taumarumaru
2. (noun) shade.
I reira ka whara a Te Kooti. E whakatā ana i te marumaru o tana kāta i te 28 o Pēpuere, ka tanuku te kāta ka tāmia (TTR 1990:222). / There Te Kooti was injured. In 28 February he was resting in the shade of his cart when it collapsed and crushed him.
Synonyms: taumaru, taumarumaru, whakamarumaru, maru
3. (noun) shady tree.
Ko tēnei tangata, ko Tamatekapua he whānako tana mahi, ka hangaia he poutoti hai ara haere ki te whānako i te marumaru o Uenuku, te rua nō te hoenga mai i te moana ka whānako i te wahine a Ngātoroirangi (TP 3/1909:4). / Stealing was the activity that this man, Tamatekapua, engaged in, making stilts as a way to steal from Uenuku's shady tree, and the second thing was from the voyage across the ocean when he stole Ngātoroirangi's wife.
