marau
1. (verb) to raid, attack.
Ka whakahaumi ki a Ngāti Apa, ā, i tae rā anō ia ki te rāwhiti ki Pōrangahau i te tai tonga o Te Matau-a-Māui, marau haere ai (TTR 1990:380). / Allied to Ngati Apa, he raided as far east as Porangahau in Southern Hawke's Bay.
Synonyms: kanohi kitea, pāhua, pāhuahua, whakaekeeke, tukinga, huaki
2. (noun) raiding party.
I ngā tau tōmua o ngā rau tau 1800–1899, nā Te Peehi i patu tētahi marau i te taiheke o te au-tapu i te awa o Whanganui (TTR 1990:380). / At the beginning of the nineteenth century Te Peehi defeated a war party raiding down the rapids of the sacred current of the Whanganui River.
Synonyms: torohē
3. (noun) comet, meteor.
Synonyms: matakōkiri, kōtiri, kōtiritiri, unahi o Takero, tūmatakōkiri, kōkiri
2. (noun) fork, pronged stick (for catching eels), fleshhook, dredge (for shellfish).
Nā ka werohia e ia ki te peihana, ki te pāta rānei, ki te hōpane rānei, ki te kōhua rānei; ko ngā mea katoa i riro ake i te mārau, i tangohia e te tohunga ki taua mea (PT Hamuera 2:14). / And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.
