roroi Play
1. (verb) (-a) to grate into a pulp.
Kei te roroi i te kūmara ... hei ō ki te taua i Maketū (W 1971:245). / The kūmara is grated as food for the war party at Maketū.
2. (verb) (-a) to scrape together, gather.
4. (noun) grated kūmara.
Ka hiahia a Papa-pou-namu ki te haere ki Kaihu. Ka tae, ka kite i te kūmara, i te taro, i te uwhi, i te roroi, i te kao (JPS 1923:233). / Papa-pounamu wanted to go to Kaihu. When he arrived there, he saw the kūmara, taro, yams, the grated kūmara and the dried kūmara.
