tuarangaranga
1. (verb) to be unsettled, perplexed, rough, boisterous (of the sea).
Ka hoki kōmuri mai te titiro ki te pae maunga o Tararua, kei tōna take nei ko ngā wai rahopē i ētahi wā, tuarangaranga i ētahi wā, o Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara e papaki nei ki ōna takutai huri noa, huri noa i tēnei whanga (H 1992:4). / Looking back at the Tararua mountain range, at its base are the sometimes calm waters, at other times rough, of Wellington, breaking on its coast right around this bay.
Synonyms: pōrahurahu, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha, raumahara, māngonge, matara, taratara, torehapehape, tuatete, tūpā, mākinakina, tuaranga, mātoretore, pūtiotio, pūhungahunga, hīngarungaru, huakau, whekewheke, tupangarua, tuahuru
2. (adjective) be broken, rough (of the surface of the land).
I te taenga atu o Kupe ki Rangiātea, ka ui mai a Ngātoto ki a Kupe, “E Kupe! he aha te āhua o te whenua i kite nā koe? He raupapa rānei, he tuarangaranga rānei; he onetai, he onematua rānei te one.” (JPS 1913:115). / When Kupe reached Rai'atea, Ngātoto asked Kupe, “Kupe! What is the nature of that land you have discovered? Is it flat land, or rough land? Is the soil alluvial soil, or a loamy soil?”
Synonyms: tuaranga
3. (modifier) broken, rough (of the land surface).
Ka hia marama a ia e ārahi ana i tana ope i ngā wāhi tuarangaranga katoa o te waoku i te raki o Mareia (TTR 2000:154). / He led his company for many months on end in some of the roughest jungle in the north of Malaya.
4. (noun) boisterousness, turbulence.
Engari kia maumahara tātou ko te wā o te āiō tēnei, taihoa anō te tuarangaranga, te whenewhene o Hinemoana! (HM 2/1989:1). / But we should remember that this is a time of calm, in the future the turbulence and roughness of Hinemoana will occur again!
