mate urutā
1. (noun) epidemic, plague, pandemic, pestilence, deadly disease.
Āna whepu, he waipuke, he hemo kai, he mate urutā, he hoari, me ērā atu mea whakamamae, whakamate tāngata (TH 10/1860:1). / His punishments are floods, famines, pestilence, war, and other things which cause suffering and death to people.
urutā
1. (verb) to spread (as a disease, etc.).
I taua wā anō, ka tīmata mai i Ahitereiria te urutā mate piwa nā te kakā o te tīpona waitinana, ā, nā te mataku kei urutā mai ki Aotearoa nei (TTR 1996:139). / Also at that time the bubonic plague had brocken out in Australia and the fear was that it might spread to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
2. (noun) epidemic, plague, pandemic, pestilence, deadly disease - usually as mate urutā.
I te pānga o te urutā tarutawhiti i 1918 ka whakahōhiperatia a Tūtāmure (TTR 1994:6). / In the influenza epidemic of 1918 the Tūtāmure meeting house was turned into a hospital.
See also mate urutā
Synonyms: mate urutā, muimui, taru, mui
