tōrire
1. (adjective) be fine, smart, exquisite, neat, chic, elegant.
He rahi, he tōrire te māhunga o tēnei tangata (TTR 1990:315). / The head of this man was large and fine.
Synonyms: tau, taputapu kē, tōingo, pūhangaiti
2. (modifier) fine, smart, exquisite, neat, chic, elegant.
He wahine i pai te āhua, he wahine tōrire, he mea kura rawa hoki (TTR 1996:40). / She was a woman of beauty, a fine woman, who was well educated.
3. (noun) exquisiteness, elegance, style, fineness.
Ka puta te tōrire o tōna kanohi me te māia o te tangata, i roto i ngā whakaahua nei (TTR 1990:279). / In these photographs the fine features of his face and the strength of the man are exhibited.
4. (noun) pink tower shell, Phenatoma rosea - a marine gastropod mollusc with a corkscrew-shaped tall pink shell with a notch in the top corner of the shell opening. Found on the sandy shore.
Synonyms: hānea, kurewha, pipi taiari, takarape, tāwiri, tungangi, pure, pūkanikani, tikoaka, tuangi, kākara, ngārahu tatawa, toretore, kuhakuha, niania, papatua, ururoa, ngāeo, ngākihi hiwihiwi, hahari, pātitotito, pūpū māeneene, purewha, ruheruhe, tākai, pōrohe, korohiwa, hauwai, hihiwa, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, tātara, kararuri, kawari, koeti, koriakai, awatai, kūpā, mātangata, matapura, ngākihi tea, matangongore, mimiti, ngaeti, karoro, wahanui, pipi, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hūai, peraro, pūpū karikawa, pūpū māeneene, pūpū waitai, pūrimu, takai, piritoka, kahitua, hauwai, harihari, hinangi, hoehoe, kāeo, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, poro, whētiko, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, rehoreho, taiwhatiwhati, tanetane, torewai, uere, wahawaha, whētikotiko, tohemanga, pure, tairaki, pipi tairaki, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, papahurihuri, hākari, rerekākara, toitoi, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, kaitua, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu taua, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio repe, tipa, totorere, tuatua, tupa, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, tūpere, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangārahu, maurea, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, waharoa, wahanui, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hohehohe, kōmore, pātiotio, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūtātara, pūrimu, takarepo, tūroro, pōrohe, angarite, hauwai, harihari, hinangi, hopetea, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, poro, pūpū tarataratea, karariwha, karekawa, koeo, karahiwa, kararuri, kawari, koeo, koio, korohiwa, kororiwha, matamatangongo, matatangata, matapura, kōrama, korona, marapeka, kōramu, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rereho, tanetane, torewai, uere, wētiwha, karahū, pure, ngūpara, kuharu, kūkukuroa, pūkanikani, poua, tio, toheroa, tuangi haruru, miware, pūpū, peke, pūpū kōrama, tihipu, tio para, totoro, tupa, ngaingai, rūharu, kuhakuha, ngākihi awaawa
