paratī
1. (verb) to splash up, spurt up.
I tētehi o ngā whiunga atu a Tū-te-tawhā i te kōhatu, tau tonu ki te aroaro o te kaumātua rā, ka paratī ake te wai ki tana kanohi (NIT 1995:209). / One of the stones that Tū-te-tawhā threw landed right in front of that elder and the water splashed up onto his face.
2. (verb) to depart, disperse, scatter.
Titiro rawa mai te Hauhau ākuanei katia ai te huanui mō rātou, kātahi ka whati, ka oma - paratī atu ana ki tua o ngā hiwi (TWM 21/10/1865:2). / Then when the Hauhau finally noticed that soon the way for them would be blocked, they broke and fled - dispersing to beyond the hills.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara
