ngāueue
1. (verb) (-a) to shake, tremble.
Ngāueue ana te whenua, pakaru ana ngā puke me ngā maunga, maroke ana ngā awa (KO 24/8/1886:3). / The land shook, the hills and mountains broke up, and the streams dried up.
Synonyms: ngāruerue, ngateri, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi, rūrū, ngatari, rū, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue
2. (noun) tremor, quake, shake, shaking, trembling, quaking.
Nō te 23 o Hanuere, i waenganui pō ka puta te ngāueue whenua. Ka mutu te ngāueue whenua, ka rangona te whenua ka tangi me he pū repo (MM.TKM 1845:15). / On the 23rd of January, in the middle of the night, an earthquake occurred. When the earthquake ceased, a noise was heard from the earth like the report of cannons.
Synonyms: tūhauwiri, wheoi, korū, oinga, aroarowhaki, ngateri, wiriwiri, kōrūrū, ngatari, whakangāueue
