2. (modifier) darkish, gloomy, sombre in colour, dark.
E noho ana a Wiri rāua ko Tūmatakuru ko rāua anahe i tō rāua whare pōuriuri, e kōrero kēhua ana ki a rāua anō (HKK 1999:190). / Willy and Tūmatakuru are sitting alone in their dark house telling ghost stories to each other.
3. (noun) intense darkness.
Hei konei rā, i te aotūroa! Ka haere tēnei ki te pōuriuri (M 2006:168). / Remain there in the enduring world! I go to the intense darkness.
