wawaro
1. (verb) to make an indistinct sound.
Ka tau māua ki raro ka whakahua te waiata, etia anō te reo o te tamariki kei te reo o te kihikihi e wawaro nā i te raumati, ko te rite ia (TWMNT 30/11/1875:282). / After we had sat down a song was sung, and the voices of the children were like the sound of locusts in summer.
Synonyms: warowaro, wawara, hāmumumumu, hīrearea, wara
2. (noun) indistinct sound (of voices), murmur.
Pūpū akerautangi, ka mau te wawaro ki runga o Maungakāhia (JPS 1914:224). / The good point about a weapon of akeake wood is that the sound of the blow can be heard at Maungakāhia. (A whakataukī)
Synonyms: warowaro, tāwara, kotete, kihi, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, kōkihi, ngaehe, wawara, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara
