tiramaka
1. (noun) ominous omen, sign of foreboding, portent of a tragic event - sign in the form of sounds or a feeling that gives a sense of foreboding, a portent of a tragic event.
Mehemea koe kei te rongo i te tamūtamū i te takiwā, engari kāore koe i te kite tangata, he parangēki tērā, he tiramaka tērā, ko te hunga wairua tērā (Wh4 2004:222). / If you hear a murmur in the vicinity, but you can't see anyone, that is a sense of foreboding, a portent of a tragic event, and that is the company of spirits.
Synonyms: parangēki
