paruparu

1. (verb) to be dirty, discoloured, filthy.

Ka paruparu te wai o Awatere, ahakoa kei te whiti tonu te rā (TWK 24:13). / The water of the Awatere stream has become discoloured, even though the sun is still shining.

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2. (noun) dirt, soil, filth, mud.

Kāore i ārikarika te paruparu o ngā huarahi, nā reira tonu i mate ai ō mātou paihikara (TP 8/1905:7). / There was a lot of mud on the roads and that's why our bicycles got into trouble.

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Synonyms: kene, poharu, one, wharu, paru, hū

paruparu

1. (verb) (-a) to crush, mash.

I whakangotengotea te tamaiti i te tuatahi, i muri ka whāngaia ki te pūnu, i muri mai ka paruparua he kai, i muri mai ka tīmata te whāwhā i tētahi kai māna (TTT 1/6/1926:426). / At first a child was suckled, and later it was fed with a spoon, and after that its food was mashed up, and later still it began to feed itself.

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Synonyms: kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu, pehu, whakapē