tīramarama
1. (verb) to search by torchlight, shine, glimmer.
I taua wā e haruru haere mai rā ngā rererangi nei, ka kite atu au i tētahi raiti e tīramarama ana mai i Herewana (HP 1991:127). / At the moment these aeroplanes were roaring towards us I saw a light shining from Helwan.
Synonyms: tīrama, pīata, titi, tore, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakanapa, whakakōpura, whakapīata, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, parakena, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (noun) torchlight.
I warea Apanui ki te tīramarama (M 2006:162). / Apanui was preoccupied with his torchlight (M 2006:163).
