Results for 'tūroro'
tūroro - sick person, a patient
Tūroro (i). 1. n. Sick person. Kua turorotia a Moka. Mate turoro, sickness, death by disease. He tangi mo te mate turoro (M. 118).
2. Corpse.
3. a. Sick.
Williams Dictionary
Tūroro (ii), n. Area novaezelandiae, a bivalve mollusc.
Williams Dictionary
Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā
Ka tono te kuia kia inumia te waina e te tūroro.
The old lady directed that the wine should be drunk by the invalid.
I haere mai te rata inanahi, kia kore ai te tūroro e mokemoke.
The doctor came yesterday so the invalid would not be lonely.
