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pāorooro

1. (verb) to resound, echo, reverberate, jar, tingle - particularly used for any harsh or unpleasant sound.

Nō te 10 o ngā rā o Hune i tae mai ai ngā rongo e pāorooro ai ngā taringa mō te aituā nui whakaharahara i puta nei ki te rohe o Te Arawa (KO 24/8/1886:1). / On 10 June the reports arrived which resounded in the ears about the terrible calamity that had occurred in the Te Arawa region.

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Synonyms: tiā, tioro, tiotio, wheoro, tōiriiri, oro, pakū, paoro, haruru, hau, , tōiri, papahū, ngātoro, tūpapahū, pohū, pakō, papā, māorooro


2. (verb) to jar, ache, throb, ring (from a harsh noise), tingle (of the ears).

Nā ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, Nana,ka mahia e ahau he mahi i roto i a Iharaira, e pāorooro ai ngā taringa e rua o te hunga katoa e rangona ai (PT 1 Hamuera 3:11). / And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

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