kairau
1. (noun) prostitute, courtesan, loose woman, slut, whore, harlot, call girl.
Ko koutou ia, awhi mai ki konei, e ngā tama a te wahine mākutu, e ngā uri o te tangata pūremu, o te wahine kairau (PT Ihāia 57:3). / But you, draw near, the sons of the sorceress, the descendants of the adulterer and the whore.
Synonyms: kaikairau, karihika, kaimahi kairau
2. (noun) halfback (rugby), scrum half.
kaikairau
1. (noun) prostitute, courtesan, loose woman, slut, whore, harlot, call girl.
See also kairau
Synonyms: kairau, karihika, kaimahi kairau
karihika
1. (modifier) lewd, immoral, crude, erotic, sexy, pornographic.
He whetū nui a Pareārau, he wahine karihika, he wahine tīweka (W 1971:101). / Jupiter is a large heavenly body, an immoral female, a woman who strays.
Synonyms: tīweka
2. (noun) copulation, sexual union.
3. (noun) pornography.
4. (noun) slut, prostitute, whore.
I pukuriri a ia i runga i te karanga he karihika a ia (Ng 1993:435). / She was angry at being called a slut (Ng 1993:435).
Synonyms: kairau, kaikairau, kaimahi kairau
