ngoru
1. (verb) to be slack, loose, hanging in loops.
Ko te tikanga he māmā ake te whai kia rere tonu ngā aho kua mārō kē te haere, tēnā i te waiho kia ngoru noa (HM 2/1996:5). / By rights it should be easier to extend the lines that are already firmly in set than to leave them to become slack.
Synonyms: tangatanga, tatere, tāreparepa, moepuku, mātangatanga, korokoro, tāngengangenga, tāwēwē, kaewa, hāngengangenga, hūngorungoru, tāngāngā, tangara, tangoro, tītengi
2. (noun) earthworm.
