tāroaroa
1. (verb) to be tall, long.
E kitea mai ana te ia o te pānga, arā, ka pakeke haere te tamaiti, ka tāroaroa haere (TRP 2010:139). / The trend in the relationship can be seen, that is, as the child grows older she becomes taller.
Synonyms: kaweka, tautini, taumano, whāroa, kāwekaweka, kōroaroa, hotu, roa, tāroa, hītawe, hūroaroa, wheau, whēnakonako, hauroa
2. (adjective) be tall, long.
I reira ka kitea te hihiko o tōna hinengaro, me tōna kakama; engari he taitamariki nanakia. He tipu nui, he tāroaroa (TTR 1990:4). / There they observed his sharp, quick mind, but he was a mischievous youth. He was well built, and tall.
3. (modifier) tall, long.
He tangata tāroaroa, he kokau te tū (TTR 1990:45). / He was a tall slim man.
4. (noun) tall, long.
Ina rā, te pūhutihuti me te mā o ngā makawe, te kikorangi o ngā whatu, te tāroaroa o te hanga, te paipa i te waha, he pāhau te kanohi, me tana kāmeta mau haere tonu e pūhia ana e te hau kaha o Pōneke (TTR 1996:188). / Tall, bearded, with a shock of white hair and blue eyes, pipe in mouth, ever-present scarf flicking about in Wellington's stiffer breezes, he was instantly recognisable (DNZB 1996:493).
5. (noun) height (of a person).
Ehara i te tangata purotu, engari he tangata koi te hinengaro, he tangata māhaki; e 5 putu 10 īnihi te tāroaroa, he makatika (TTR 1990:328). / He wasn't a handsome man, but he was a person with a sharp mind and an unassuming nature. He was 5 feet 10 inches in height, with an erect stature.
