ura
1. (verb) to be red, brown, glowing.
Te taenga mai ki ngā takutai o Aoetaroa nei, ka kite mai i te pohutukawa e whero atu ana (e ura atu ana), ka mahara he kura pērā me tōna (TTT 31/8/1921:12). / When they reached the coast of the North Island and saw the pōhutukawa showing red (glowing red), he thought it was the same red treasure as his.
Synonyms: pūwhero, hīwera, kākaramea, kura, pākurakura, whero, nganangana, ngangana, tōwhero, waipū
2. (noun) glow.
E koea ana te ura o Puanga, te whetū o te tau (W 1971:122). / The glow of Rigel, the star of the new year, is brilliant.
