rūma kaukau
1. (loan) (noun) bathroom.
Ka mahia he kāinga tuarua, itiiti noa iho nei, i runga i tētahi toropuke e anga ana ki te huarahi matua: he rūma kaukau wehe nei tētahi wāhi (i te wā o te takahuritanga o te rau tau, kāore anō kia kitea he mea pērā) me tētahi taupoki, he mea huna (TTR 1996:202). / A second, smaller house was built on a rise overlooking the main road: it had a separate bathroom (something not yet seen at the turn of the century) and a secret trapdoor.
2. (noun) dressing table.
Kātahi te tangata ka noho ki tana pae whakatāupe, ka rārangi mai i ana whakakai e rima. Ka mīharo atu ki tana tino taonga, ngā koko tangiwai a tōna tupuna kuia. / Then the person sat at their dressing table, and laid out five sets of earrings. Admiration flowed towards their most precious set, their great grandmothers greenstone ear pendants.
2. (verb) to rush, dash, hurry.
3. (noun) waterfall, torrent, shower (bathroom).
Ka pēnā tonu te nui o te moni, me te hīrere wai e maringi mai ana i runga i ngā maunga (TM 23/4/1881:1). / You think there will be a lot of money, like a waterfall pouring forth on the mountains.
