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tīkoro

1. (verb) to be sunken, wasted away.

Kua tīkoro ngā kanohi o te tūpāpaku, kua ngaro (W 1971:418). / The eyes of the terminally ill person have wasted away and disappeared.

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2. (verb) to roll the eyes.

Arā anō te reo o te kanohi, tae atu ki te kori o te tinana. Tērā pea kua titiro pī, kua tīkoro rānei ngā whatu, kua puku rānei te rae, kua hī ngā pewa, kua menemene rānei ngā pāpāringa (HKK 1999:7). / Then there's facial expressions and body movements. Perhaps looking askance, rolling the eyes, or looking angry, raising the eyebrows, or smiling.
Kua tīkoro ngā whatu, me te kī ake, "Hoki atu, hoki atu, ko aua raruraru anō rā." (HJ 2012:269). / The eyes are rolling and she's saying, "I'm sick of hearing about those problems."

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3. (noun) convulsions.

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