ngaro
1. (verb) (-mia) to be hidden, out of sight, covered, disappeared, absent.
Ko te wāhi e tārewa ana ko ngā roto kei waenganui i ngā whenua, ko ngā parumoana, arā ko ngā whenua e pā ana ki ngā moana, e ngaromia ana e te tai pari. Ki te Māori he whenua ēnei nōna (TTT 1/8/1922:13). / The part still unresolved relates to lakes within the land and the seabed, that is the land associated with the sea which is covered by the high tide. To the Māori this land belongs to them.
Synonyms: makaro, henumi, tārekoreko, kaitu, tamō, matangaro, hōnea, riua, tuakaihau
2. (verb) (-mia) to destroy.
Ko ngā kai katoa i ngakia mō tēnei tau ngaromia katoatia e te wai, tanumia iho ki raro e te onepū i te mimititanga o ngā wai (TWMNT 22/2/1876:40). / All the food that had been cultivated for this year was completely destroyed, buried in the sand when the water subsided.
3. (stative) be missing, lost, consumed, gone, extinct.
Mahara noa a Tiopira kua mate ina hoki te roa e ngaro ana ki raro, mahue atu i a ia tana rāti (TP 10/1902:11). / Tiopira thought that it was dead due to the length of time it had been below, so he put down his harpoon.
4. (modifier) secretly, hidden, undetected, unnoticed.
Rongo kau anō te tupua rā i te haunga āhua tangata, heoi ka puta kei waho o tōna rua, haere ngaro atu te ope rā, haere ngaro mai ana te tupua nei; kite noa ake, ehara, kua tata (NM 1928:126). / That demon smelt the odour of human form it emerged outside its lair, so that party and this demon were moving along secretly. When they finally saw each other, low and behold, they were close.
Synonyms: tārehu, torohū, toropuku, whakamokeke, muna, tōngā, hū, kōkuhu, puku
