korou kore
1. (verb) to be listless, lethargic, apathetic, reluctant, lack spirit.
Ka korou kore rā roto i ahau ki te whakahauora (M 2006:408). / There is no spirit within me to revive me.
Synonyms: korongatā, parahako, whakatohetohe, manawa pā, whakatenetene, whakauaua, manauhea, whakatōngā, whakawhēuaua, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi, pāroherohe, maero, pōuruuru, hinamoe, tūrūruhi, toupiore, wairuhi, maninohea, ngoringori, ngoikore, whakaroau, ngehe, anuhea, hangenge, iwikore, taharangi, ārangirangi, kahakore, hauhauaitu, ānewa, whakapahoho, pōngenge, whakatairuhi, tārure, tūpaku, iwingohe, turikore, takurutu, ruhi, kiriahi, momoe
2. (noun) listlessness, lethargy, apathy, reluctance, lacking spirit.
Ka whakapuakina e Taingākawa i reira te korou kore o Waikato ki te tuku i ā rātou rangatahi kia haina hei tūao, nā te mea, mai i 1861 kāore anō kia anganuitia ngā whakamau a Waikato (TTR 1996:243). / There Taingakawa declared the reluctance of Waikato to send their youth to sign up as volunteers because their grievances dating from 1861 had not yet been addressed.
Synonyms: whakatohetohe, ngākau kore, kōroiroi, whakatōngā, wairuhi, kahakore, tīrohea, whakangoikore, pōuruuru, wherū, māngeretanga, hakorea, tūrūruhi, ngoikore, anuhea, iwingohe
