2. (verb) to tremble, shiver, shudder, shake, quiver.
Kātahi te wahine rā ka here i a ia ki te timuri o te whare, me te awhi tonu i tana tamaiti moroiti ki tōna uma, ki reira wiri ai rāua i te makariri (TWMNT 21/6/1899:16). / Then that woman tied herself to the chimney of the house, while holding her infant to her breast, and there they remained shivering from the cold.
E wiri ana ngā pona, e wiri ana te kauae i te wehi (HJ 2012:272). / The kees and chin were shaking with fear.
Synonyms: hāwiniwini, oi, wanawana, harawiniwini, tūhauwiri, tūngāwiri, hūnonoi, harawiwini, tuawiri, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, hīoioi, ngaeke, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi, tīoioi, ngatari, rū, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue
3. (noun) gimlet, auger, drill, screwdriver, anything for boring holes.
Ko tā te wiri he wero kōhao ki te rākau, ki te kōhatu rānei (Te Ara 2013). / Drills were used to make holes in wood or stone.
Synonyms: huriwiri
