2. (verb) to be distant, faraway, far-off.
E kino koutou ki te noho tahi mai, ka tōriki ki tawhiti (TTT 1/5/1925:226). / You did not want to live together, but at a distance.
3. (modifier) faint, indistinct, ill-defined.
Ka rangona te reo tōriki e karanga āwhina ana (Ng 1993:144). / A faint voice was heard calling for help (Ng 1993:144).
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
