ngatari
1. (verb) to shake, vibrate.
Anana! Ngatari ana te whenua, me te rū! (TWMNT 12/12/1872:150). / Behold! The land shook, like an earthquake!
See also ngateri
Synonyms: rū, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi
2. (noun) vibration, shaking.
He haruru waewae tamaroa e kai te taringa ki te ngatari (JPS 1927:257). / When there is a thumping of feet the ear detects the vibration.
Synonyms: korū, wheoi, oinga, aroarowhaki, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, kōrūrū, whakangāueue
