pōrangirangi
1. (verb) to be confused, flustered, bewildered, panicky, perplexed, mystified, baffled, flummoxed, bamboozled.
E kīia ana kāore e ārikarika te tika o te pupuhi mai a Rūhia; ā kāti, ko ngā tāngata o roto o aua pā pōrangirangi ana tērā i te mahi a te matā (TKO 10/1915:8). / It is said that a lot of Russia's bombardment was accurate and so the people inside the fort were bewildered by so many bullets.
Synonyms: raumahara, paraparau, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha, pōrahurahu, tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita
