tiro korotaha
1. (verb) to look sideways, look askance, look suspiciously.
He wā anō he tiro korotaha tonu te mahi a te hunga kāinga ki te tākuta Māori nei, nā runga i tō rātou kore mōhio ki tōna kaha ki te whakaora tangata (TTR 1996:278). / For a time the local people looked askance at this Māori doctor, because of their lack of knowledge of his ability to heal people.
Synonyms: matakarapa, titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakakeko, titiro whakapī, korotaha, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, kōripi
2. (noun) looking sideways, looking askance, looking suspiciously.
Ko te whakaruru, koia te tiro korotaha o ngā whatu nunui, me te whātero ki taha kē (RMR 2017). / The whakaruru facial gesture is where the enlarged eyes stare sideways and the tongue protrudes in the opposite side.
Synonyms: titiro korotaha
