korakora
1. (verb) to burn, glisten, sparkle.
Ki te hoki mai a Tūnui a te ika e pūkohu ana te upoko, e korakora haere mai ana te hiku he mate tēnā, e kore tēnā taua e haere ki te pakanga ki tērā iwi, ki tērā pā (JPS 1926:205). / Should the comet return having a misty appearance about the head, and with sparking tail, then that was trouble and that force would not advance to attack that tribe, or the fort.
2. (verb) to be quick (of movement).
Synonyms: kerakera
3. (noun) spark.
Nō Te Kereama anake anō ngā whare i wera; ko te mea ia, i mumura anō ētahi whare ki Waiariki i ngā korakora rere atu. I reira ngā kaimataara e whanga ana, ā, tineia iho e rātou ngā korakora (MM.TKM 1/1/1855:3). / The buildings that were burnt were confined to Mr Graham's premises; but some houses at Official Bay also caught fire from the sparks carried there. The observers were waiting there, and they extinguished the sparks.
4. (noun) particle, crumb.
He momo peita wai te peita waikukū, engari he puata-kore. He rahi ake te wāhanga kano o te peita waikukū, ā, ka whakaranua hoki he momo paura pērā i te korakora tioka (RTA 2014:134). / Gouache paint is a type of water paint which is opaque. Gouache has a higher ratio of pigment, and a powder such as chalk particles is also mixed in.
He kupu whānui te korakora e hāngai ana ki te ngota, te katote me te rāpoi ngota (TRP 2010:267). / Particle is a general term which can be applied to an atom, an ion or a molecule (TRP 2010:267).
