tīrangaranga
1. (verb) to be scattered, disarranged, jumbled.
Ka tīrangaranga ngā otaota i te ketunga a te poaka (W 1971:423). / The vegetation was scattered about from the rooting of the pig.
Synonyms: tīrangorango, nanu, katea, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kaupāpari, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, whakapirara, pīwawa
2. (modifier) scattered, disarranged, jumbled.
Ka kitea, ka mōhiotia e te rūnanga e mahi nei ki te tiaki i ana tini iwi, i ana tini reo, i ana tini tāngata, e noho tīrangaranga, arā e noho marara ana i ngā tini wāhi o te ao (KO 16/5/1880:2). / It was seen and known by the council looking after its many tribes, its many voices, its many people who lived scattered, that is they lived dispersed in many parts of the world.
