2. (verb) to be scattered, separated.
Ka whiua e ia ngā huruhuru o te manu ki raro, ki te take o te rākau, koi hautea te huruhuru, koi katea haere i te ngāherehere, koi putu haere (W 1971:42). / He threw down the feathers of the bird to the base of the tree, lest they be scattered and spread around the forest in heaps.
Synonyms: tīrangaranga, tīrangorango, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kaupāpari, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, whakapirara, pīwawa
