uru
1. (verb) (-a,-hina) to enter, go in.
Ko ngā tamariki e uru ana ki tō runga kura o Hukarere e ākona ana ki te taka kai, ki te nēhi tūroro, ki te tuhituhi ringa poto (TKO 1/12/1917:12). / The children entering the upper school of Hukarere are being taught to prepare food, to nurse the sick and to write shorthand.
2. (verb) (-a,-hina) to enlist, enrol, join, be included.
Ka uru a ia ki roto i te tīma toa o tōna rohe i te wā tekau noa iho ōna tau (TWK 38:28). / She joined the champion team of her region when she was just ten years old.
Synonyms: kuhukuhu, tāpiri, whakauru, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, hono, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono
3. (noun) west.
Uenuku: he atua Māori, tōna kāinga kei ngā kapua pākurakura o te rangi i te marangai, i te uru; he mea anō kei roto kei te āniwaniwa (TKM.MM 3-4/1855:32). / Uenuku: a Māori ancestor of significance, whose residence is in the red clouds of the eastern and western sky; and is also in the rainbow.
See also tonga-mā-uru
