2. (adjective) be inflamed (of the eyes).
He toretore kei te pī o te karu (PK 2008:630). / There's inflammation at the corner of the eye.
3. (modifier) inflamed.
Paupau ana ēnei moni i te waipiro i ngā rā i a Wiapo i reira. Ngā whakautu mō ērā moni, he waha piro, he ānini, he tangi, he tūhauwiri, he ngau poho, he poho tīangoango, he kākahu tāreparepa, he karu toretore, he arero hōripi, he ihu parehe, he ngutu pupuhi, he haere wharara, he tupu heke, me te tini atu o tā te waipiro whakautu mō te moni a te tangata e rukea noatia ana mō tērā kaiwhakahātana (KO 15/12/1884:3). / While Wiapo was there, this money was wasted on liquor. The results of that money was bad breath, dizziness, despondency, shivering, chest pains, contraction of the chest, loose clothing, eye inflammation, lacerated tongues, flat noses, swollen lips, walking with a stoop, social decline and many other effects of alcohol from the money cast about for those temptations.
4. (noun) sleep - discharge from the eyes.
Āta karohia ake te toretore i ō karu, e hoa (HJ 2012:266). / Remove the sleep from your eyes properly, my friend.
5. (noun) anus.
6. (noun) carping, faultfinding, nitpicking.
Ko ngā uaua o te hunga ngoikore ko te amuamu, ko te toretore (Milroy 2016). / Grumbling and carping are the muscles of the weak (Milroy 2016).
8. (noun) horse mussel, Atrina pectinata zelandica - a large bivalve common from low tide to 45 m with a thin, dark, wedge-shaped shell. The shell is thin, covered with hollow spines.
See also hururoa
9. (noun) red sea anemone, Actinia tenebrosa - the most common species of sea anemone found in the waters of eastern Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found relatively high on the seashore, in rock pools, and various cracks and shaded surfaces in the intertidal zone. Deep red or reddish-brown colour and when expanded has a circle of numerous pink tentacles.
See also kōtoretore
Synonyms: kōtoretore, kōtore moana, tou, kōtore
