rorotu
1. (verb) to be favourable.
Tēnei, e tama, ngā hau ka rorotu hei kawe i a koe te pikinga i Ōkare ki runga Rangitauwhi, kia ineine koe Te Poho-o-te-rangi (TWMNT 6/10/1874:251). / Here, o son, are the favourable winds to take you on the ascent from Ōkare on to Rangitauwhi so that you may be as high as Te Poho-o-te-rangi.
2. (modifier) favoured, favourite, popular, fashionable.
Nō muri hoki i hau ai te rongo o te waiata nei hei waiata rorotu tuatahi mō te katoa o te motu nei, mō Aotearoa (TTR 2000:96). / And later the fame of this song spread and it became the first hit song for the whole of the country, for Aotearoa/New Zealand.
