tāwariwari
1. (verb) to be quivering, shaking from side to side, vibrating.
Synonyms: kūreperepe, oioi, rū, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, ārohirohi, ngāoraora, ngaue
2. (verb) to be bending from side to side, flexing, flexible, elastic.
Kia tāwariwari tonu ōu whakaaro mō ngā mahi nei. / Your opinions should be flexible for these tasks.
3. (modifier) flexible, bendable, adaptable, flexibility.
Ko tētahi pai o tō tātou reo, he reo tāwariwari (HJ 2015:117). / One good thing about our language is that it's a flexible one.
