parauri
1. (verb) to be dark in colour, dark brown, chocolate colour.
I a ia ka pakeke nei, e ono putu tōna roa, ā, he parauri nei tōna kiri me ōna kanohi, he pango kē nei hoki ngā makawe (TTR 2000:12). / When he was maturing he was six feet tall and his complexion and eyes were dark, and his hair black.
2. (modifier) dark in colour, dark brown, chocolate colour.
He whakaarotanga ki ngā iwi manauri, ki ngā iwi parauri, kiritea hoki, o te motu o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu i tukutuku reta tonu atu ai ahau kia pānuitia e koe (TP 3/1905:10). / Some thoughts for the dark people, the brown people and the white-skinned of the country, the North Island and the South Island, are the reasons that I send letters for you to publish.
