rurerure
1. (verb) (-a) to shake, toss about.
Kīhai i taro ka puta anō te rū, ka ngateri tonu anō te whenua, ā pērā tonu awatea noa - rurerure ana ngā whare me te taewa e rūrūtia ana ki roto ki te kete (TWMNT 5/6/1872:79). / It wasn't long before the earthquake struck again, the ground vibrated continually, and it continued like that until daylight - the houses shook like potatoes rattling about in a basket.
Synonyms: ngatari, rū, rure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi
2. (verb) (-a) to brandish, wield, wave about.
Ka rurerurea tana parāoa (W 1971:352). / He brandished his whale bone club.
3. (verb) (-a) to maltreat, mistreat.
