rori
1. (verb) (-a) to be distorted, giddy - particularly of someone affected by a poisonous substance.
Ki te kainga weratia te karaka, ka roria (W 1971:347). / If the karaka berry is eaten hot, one is affected by giddiness. (A whakataukī referring to the poisonous kernel of the karaka berry, which was rendered harmless by a process of cooking and then steeping. A person's mind can be affected if the berries are eaten before the full process had been carried out. Likewise if processes and actions due not follow due process, things can go awry.)
2. (noun) sea slug, Scutus antipodes - a large black slug that lives under boulders at low tide.
