tīrama
1. (verb) to search by torchlight, shine, glimmer.
I homai te rā a te Atua hei tīrama i te ao (TTT 1/11/1927:680). / God's sun was given to shine on the world.
Synonyms: tīramarama, pīata, titi, tore, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (noun) torchlight.
I puta ake he waihanga ki te tīrama (Ng 1993:492). / A figure appeared in the torchlight (Ng 1993:492).
