2. (verb) to hover, quiver, shimmer.
See also kārohirohi
Synonyms: nanamu, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, kūreperepe, oreore, ngāoraora, ngaue, arohaki, oioi, rū, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū
3. (modifier) shimmering, quivering.
Ka mutu kātahi a Takarangi ka mea atu, “E pai ana ō kupu, e Rau! Māu e āta whakaaro ō kupu, he maru ahiahi kei muri te maru awatea, he paki ārohirohi kei mua (JPS 1927:256). / When she finished, Takarangi said, “Your remarks are satisfactory, Rau! You must ponder carefully over your words, after the evening comes the dawn, before a fine shimmering day."
Synonyms: pareārohi, koroirangi, hīrangi, wanawana, wiriwiri, aroarowhaki, hawa, wheoi
4. (modifier) glistening.
I pēnei tōna pātai, "Ko wai koia ēnei taitamariki ātaahua i ngā makawe roa me ngā kanohi ārohirohi?" (KO 18/11/1887:8). / His question was like this, "Just who are these beautiful youths with long hair and glistening eyes?"
5. (noun) shimmering heat.
Ka whakamoea a Te Rā ki a Hine Raumati kia puta ko Tānerore. E pā ana te kōrero a ‘Te haka a Tānerore’ ki te hau ārohirohi o te raumati (Te Ara 2013). / The sun married Hine Raumati had Tānerore. The saying, ‘Te haka a Tānerore’ (Tānerore's dance) refers to the shimmering of the hot air during summer.
Synonyms: ānini
6. (noun) feeling, sense.
Ka oti te waka nei, ka mea te kupu a Māwete - ko rāua ngā tohunga tārei ko Kurapoto - ka mea rā, ki te nuinga, “Whakarongo mai, e aku rangatira, e mea ana ahau, me hua te waka nei ko 'Te Arawa', he ārohirohi nō tōku aroha ki tō tātou taonga nui i pau nei i te ahi a tēnei Rerewhāiti.” (Ko tēnei kupu mō te taurekareka, mō Raumati) (JPS 1893:225). / When this canoe was finished, Māwete - he and Kurapoto were the master-builders - said to the rest, “Listen, my masters, I propose that we shall name this canoe 'Te Arawa', from a feeling of love towards our great treasure which was consumed by the fire of this Rerewhāiti.” (This expression referred to the scoundrel Raumati.)
