whīroki
1. (verb) to be lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim.
2. (adjective) be lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim.
Tōna roa e toru putu, he kōiwi kau tōna āhua, he whīroki rawa hoki (TWMNT 14/12/1875:298). / His height was three feet and his build was just bones, and he was extremely thin.
3. (modifier) lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim.
4. (noun) leanness, thinness, slimness, poor condition.
Ko Pīkau-te-rangi te mea i pōuri mō te whīroki o ngā ika i whakawhiwhia ai ki a ia me tōna ope (NIT 1995:349). / Pīkau-te-rangi was the one who was disappointed about the poor condition of the fish provided for him and his party.
