parori
1. (verb) to be awry, crooked, twisted.
Nā te aha ianei i puare tonu ai te matapihi o te whare, i pakaru tonu ai te taiapa, i parori tonu ai te kēti, i tautau ai ngā waea o te taiapa, i tāreparepa tonu ai te hikurere? (TP 2/1909:3). / Just what was the reason that the window of the house remained open, the fence was still broken, the gate still crooked, the wires of the fence were slack and the shawl hung loosely.
2. (verb) to be astray, off course.
I te Rātapu ka haere te tangata ki te kai hapa, i te Mane kei te pāparakāuta e parori ana (TP 1/10/1900:4). / On Sunday the man goes to communion, on Monday he's at the hotel going astray.
3. (verb) to be perverse.
Kua hara mātou, kua parori ke tā mātou mahi, kua mahi mātou i te kino (PT Kingi I 8:47). / We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness.
