takahurihuri
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to roll over and over, keep on turning round, spin, revolve, rotate, turn round and round.
Pupuri tonu tētahi ringa ki te aho kia mau tonu ai te pōro i te taha o te kānara, ko te matikara o tētahi ringa hei āta koropana i te pōro kia āta takahurihuri mārire ai (TWMNT 5/6/1877:144). / Hold the string with one hand so that the ball is beside the candle and with a finger of the other hand carefully flick the ball so that it slowly revolves.
See also takaporepore, taka-
Synonyms: takaporepore, takaoriori, huri, hurihuri, takahuri, tāwhiowhio, porotītiti, porotiti
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to alter, change, modify.
Nāna i takahurihuri, i tapatapahi, i whakawhitiwhiti ētehi o ngā kōrero (TTR 1990:278). / He made alterations, cut out sections and switched some of the narratives.
Synonyms: whakarerekē
3. (noun) gymnastic floor exercises.
