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pōrori - to be slow

Porori. 1. a. Slow, sluggish. Porori tonu te kuia te kimi i tetahi o ona kakahu (W.M. iii, 100).

2. Stupid. Ko te kaka porori ano e eke ki runga ki nga tumu, ka mau (W.M. xii, 225).

3. Not bored (of the ears).

4. n. Tattoo marks on the breech.

5. Hip-bone.

6. Doorknob. (mod.)

Williams Dictionary

Ka roa a Pōrori e tāria ana, me te hōhā haere o ngā mea e tatari ana ki a ia.
Pōrori was waited for a long time, and those waiting for him got fed up.
Be waited for - tāria

#156: I am no longer going to the meeting
#77: In the future, the children will tidy their room
#81: What has happened to cause you to cry now?
#35: The children played and then they learned
#149: I listened to the woman who sang
#54: Their mothers are angry
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