tūmatakuru
1. (verb) to show consternation, be apprehensive.
I te hokinga atu ki te kāinga ki te haka i te haka nei ki ō rātau mātua, pōrahua noa ana te hunga harakore nei, ka tūmatakuru kē mai ō rātau kaumātua (TTR 2000:208). / When they returned home to perform the haka to their parents, they were flummoxed by the consternation of their elders.
2. (noun) matagouri, wild Irishman, Discaria toumatou - a spiny tangled shrub with small, leathery, dark green leaves and long thorns, common especially in the South Island.
Ko ngā huarahi kōrehurehu ana ki te titiro, pōuriuri ana i te tupuranga a te tūmatakuru (TTT 1/12/1923:4). / The paths are difficult to see and are gloomy from the growth of matagouri scrub.
Synonyms: tūturi
3. (noun) speargrass, Aciphylla squarrosa and Aciphylla colensoi - plants which provided an exudation used as a scent. The plants have a tuft of spear-like leaves, each up to 1 m long, and a large flower-stalk up to 2 m high, the head of which is covered with long sharp spikes.
