mōnaroa
1. (verb) to loiter, tarry, delay.
Kei mōnaroa ki te toro i tō tātou whanaunga kei te hōhipera, kei te taumaha tana mate. / Don't delay visiting our relation in hospital, he is very ill.
Synonyms: karioi, whakaroa, whakananawe, paratinaku, tarioi, whakatinaku
2. (modifier) loitering, delaying.
Torutoru noa iho ngā tāngata mōnaroa i reira i te mutunga o te kōnohete (Ng 1993:260). / Only a few loiterers were there when the concert was over.
3. (noun) loiterer.
He mōnaroa ia e whakarongo ana ki ngā kōhimuhimu a ētahi. / He is a loiterer listening to the gossip of others.
