2. (noun) inclination, desire.
Kāhore aku aronui ki te mahi (W 1971:17). / I have no inclination to work.
3. (noun) to focus on.
E kite ana au he tamaiti koe e aronui ana ki ngā taonga o ō tīpuna (JPS 1926:156). / I can see that you are a child focusing on the treasures of your ancestors.
Kei te kaha te aronui o te iwi Pākehā ki tēnei take i te mea kei te kitea ake kei te whakangaro haere ngā ngahere o Nui Tīreni (TTT 1/9/1922:6). / The Pākehā people are strongly focused on this matter because it has been seen that the New Zealand's forests are gradually being destroyed.
4. (noun) armspan, measurement made with the arms extended roughly equivalent to a fathom (i.e. 6 ft or 1.8 m) - traditional measurement.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 113-114;)
5. (noun) finely woven cloak - with tāniko borders on three sides, with the widest border at the bottom.
Ka kākahu a Te Angiangi i ōna kākahu pai, he aronui, he paepaeroa (JPS 1913:62). / Te Angiangi put on his fine cloaks, an aronui (cloak with tāniko borders on three sides, with the widest border at the bottom) and a paepaeroa (cloak with narrow tāniko borders on three sides).
