2. (modifier) bitter, distasteful.
Kei ētehi o ana pūrongo ana kupu pūkawa e pā ana ki te hunga e matemate ana i te mahi a ētehi o ngā momo tohunga hou (TTR 1996:140). / In some of his reports he commented bitterly about the people dying from the activities of some of the new breed of tohunga.
3. (noun) bitterness.
Mā ngā manomano paerongo mōkitokito o te arero e rongo ai te tangata i ngā tāwara matua e whā, arā, te reka, te kawa, te totetote me te pūkawa (RP 2009:372). / In humans, thousands of microscopic taste buds in the tongue allow a person to detect the four basic tastes of sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness.
