tamumu
1. (verb) (-tia) to hum, murmur, buzz.
Ka rere mai ki tōna aroaro, ka hoki anō, tau rawa atu ko taua pūkai maramara noho mai ai, me te tamumu haere tonu i taua wāhi kotahi anō (JPS 1922:119). / It flew in front of him, returned again, and settled upon that heap of chips, and kept buzzing about that one spot.
Synonyms: warowaro, tāwara, kotete, kihi, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, kōkihi, ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara
