1. (verb) (-hia) to upset, overturn, tip over, tumble over.
Ka porohurihia e ahau, ka porohurihia, ka porohurihia; e kore noa iho anō tēnei, kia tae mai rā anō te tangata mana (PT Ehekiera 21:27). / I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is.
Synonyms: huripokinga, tūpoki, tahuri, whakatakahuri, whakataupoki, takahuri, urupoki
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