karoro

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károro

n. the iris.

bk. Phys p. 81.
a girdle worn by women.

vi. to act as pilot.

karoro

v. to pilot an embarkation through a passage.

vt. karoroa: idem.

karoro¹

n. belt of dancer, made of circles cut from coconut shell.

syn. te katau, nanon te karoro: string to thread circles.

karoro²

n. te karoro ni mata: the pupil of eye, eyeball.

karoro³

n. dark, stony bottom, sea bed.