hukapuri
1. (noun) hard frost, severe frost.
Hāunga rā, ko te mate tino kino kē atu nei ko te mate hukapuri: ki te whakaaro o Ethel, e taea tonutia ana te tiro atu i ngā taotūnga pū, engari ko ētahi e pāngia nei e te mate hukapuri, kāore e taea te aha, arā, kua tūmanako kore kē (TTR 2000:163). / Apart from that, the worst problem of all was the frostbite: in Ethel's opinion, with a gunshot wound something could be done, but for some who had frostbite nothing could be done, that is it was hopeless.
mate hukapuri
1. (modifier) frostbite.
Hāunga rā, ko te mate tino kino kē atu nei ko te mate hukapuri: ki te whakaaro o Ethel, e taea tonutia ana te tiro atu i ngā taotūnga pū, engari ko ētahi e pāngia nei e te mate hukapuri, kāore e taea te aha, arā, kua tūmanako kore kē (TTR 2000:163). / Apart from that, the worst problem of all was the frostbite: in Ethel's opinion, with a gunshot wound something could be done, but for some who had frostbite nothing could be done, that is it was hopeless.
