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whakahaurangi

1. (verb) (-tia) to cause to be drunk, intoxicate, make someone drunk.

I mea tētahi nūpepa o Tūranga nei, nā tētahi pāparakāuta i whakahaurangi tētahi Pākehā mō te kotahi wiki, ā, pau katoa ana moni e £40 (TP 10/1908:10). / A Gisborne newspaper reported that an hotel allowed a Pākehā to be drunk for a week and he used up all his money, a total of £40.

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2. (modifier) intoxicating, alcoholic, inebriating.

Uekaha ana tā rātou kupu whakakino i te mahi inu i ngā wai whakahaurangi i ēnei rā (TWMNT 25/5/1875:110). / They were forceful in their words of condemnation of the contemporary practice of drinking intoxicating beverages.

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3. (noun) drunkard, drunk person.

E kī ana te kupu, nā te wairua poke ngā whakahaurangi katoa (KO 15/8/1883:7). / The word says that all drunks are because of an unclean spirit.

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haurangi

1. (verb) to be drunk, intoxicated, mad, deluded.

Anā te hē ko te haere ki ngā reihi hōiho petipeti ai, haurangi ai (TP 9/1903:4). / But the fault is in going to horse races to gamble and get drunk.

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Synonyms: pōrewarewa, pōrangi, pōrewharewha


2. (modifier) drunk, intoxicated.

Tē mōhio te tangata haurangi ki ana mahi (MM.TKM 29/2/1856:17). / A drunk person does not know what he's doing.

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3. (noun) drunkenness.

Tē kitea te haurangi, te putanga rānei o te tahumaero (TTR 1996:. / Drunkenness or any outbreak of disease were not seen.

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4. (noun) drunkard.

E tapu ana ō mātou kāinga; e kore e tae mai te haurangi ki roto (TWMNT 25/7/1876:181). / Our settlements are tapu; drunkards will not be allowed into them.

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See also porohaurangi


5. (noun) dew.


6. (noun) verandah, porch.

porohaurangi

1. (modifier) drunken, boozy.

He kī nā te Wīwī he iwi porohaurangi te Ingarihi (TP 2/1903:3). / The French say that the English are a drunken people.

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2. (noun) drunk, drunkard, wino, alcoholic.

Kātahi hoki ka utaina atu he taunu, ka kīia ko te porohaurangi kia tū rawa hei tohunga (TTR 1990:222). / And then they criticized him saying he was a drunkard appointed as a tohunga.

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See also poro-

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