Ruru (i), rurururu, n. Ninox novaeseelandiae, owl, morepork, = ruru-peho, koukou, peho, Tenei te ruru te koukou mai nei (M. 62). Ruru-whekau, Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl, = whekau. Ruru-taiko, Procellaria parkinsoni, black petrel. = karetai, toanui. Ruru (ii). 1. v.t. Tie, tie together. Me i mohio koutou ki te ruru mōkī.
2. Enclose. Ka ruru ki te kete ra (M. 165).
3. Attack, invade. Mei taua mea ka ruru nga atua ki a tatou (M. 9).
4. v.t. Draw closer together. E ta, kahore koe e ruru mai kia whaiti?—E ruru nga ihu ki roto Waitangi (S. ii, 55).
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5. Take shelter. Tenei me ruru ki te whare (M. 9).
6. a. Sheltered. Haramai nei, ko au ki konei, noho ruru ai (M. 34). He wahi ruru tenei.
7. Close together. Ka ruru nga whetu (of Pleiades). Taonga ruru tonu ki roto i te putea (M. 181).
8. Inclement. E rua tau ruru (Two years of wind and storm) (M. 323).
9. n. Knot. Kapa ianei ko te ruru i wetekina (M. 176). Runa mai ra te ruru i a Rongo (M. 334). Ruru-aho-tuwhere, a knot for securing the door of a house. ‖ J. v, 148.
10. Lashing for securing the rauawa of a canoe.
whakaruru. 1. a. Affording shelter, sheltering. Ka whati nga rata whakaruru o runga (M. 25). Ko te pa whakaruru hau o te mara (M. 363). Aku manu whakaruru ki te nohoanga nui (M. cvii).
2. n. Shelter, screen. Nga whakaruru hau o tini raua ko mano (M. 351). Taku whakaruru totara (M. 198). In this and preceding paragraph the terms are used figuratively of a chief. Whakaruru-hau, the Magellan Clouds. Ka wehe atu era tama a Rangi ki runga, i a Whaitiri, i a Tautoru, i a Matariki, i a Te Whakaruru-hau.
rūruru. 1. v.t. Tie up, enclose, Maku e rururu ki te putea (M.M. 196).
2. n. Bundle. In the expression rūruru tahā, a bundle of calabashes tied together for carrying, or laced into a kete. Ka heria a Rona e te marama, na e piri nei ratou ko ona rururu taha ki te marama.—Katahi ano ka matika te tahae ra, ka waha i te rururu taha ki te kawe wai. Rūruru tahā is also used for loud thunder.
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