māero
1. (loan) (noun) mile.
E hia māero te tawhiti o Rānana ki Swansea? Aua. Kāore au e mōhio. / How many miles is it from London to Swansea? I don't know.
Ko ngā māero o tēnei roto wai māori, tawhio noa, e 800 māero; ko te roa, e 250 māero; ko te whānui, e 90 māero (KO 15/3/1884:7). / This fresh water lake is 800 miles in circumference; the length is 250 miles; and the width is 90 miles.
maero
1. (verb) to be listless, weak.
I te maero te tamaiti i muri iho i te haerenga roa i roto i te motokā wera (Ng 1993:259). / The child was listless after the long journey in the hot car.
Synonyms: tūrūruhi, toupiore, wairuhi, maninohea, ngoringori, korou kore, ngoikore, whakaroau, ngehe, anuhea, hangenge, iwikore, taharangi, ārangirangi, kahakore, hauhauaitu, ānewa, whakapahoho, pōngenge, whakatairuhi, tārure, tūpaku, iwingohe
2. (noun) beings that were supposed to inhabit the depths of the forest.
