parure
1. (verb) to be languid, spiritless, limp, flaccid.
Nā te rūhā a ia i parure ai (Ng 1993:258). / It was because she was exhausted that she felt limp.
Synonyms: haumaruru, toupiore, ruhi, ngehe, pāroherohe, iwingohe, whakaparure, pīngohengohe, pingohe, wana-kore, mehameha, ngongohe, momohe, totitoti, memeha, tāngange, tākohekohe, tīmohea, toti
2. (modifier) confused, incoherent, unintelligible, muddled, rambling.
Kāore ngā kōrero parure a te koroua i mārama ki a mātou. / The elderly man's incoherent talk was not clear to us.
Synonyms: kōhangaweka, hūkiki, kāwekaweka, karore, ikimoke, kaipāwe, autaki, pikopiko
