mate kohi
1. (noun) tuberculosis, consumption.
Ko ngā tamariki pakupaku o te ao nei te hunga e pāngia nuitia ana e te mate kohi, arā ngā tamariki o raro iho i te rima tau (TTT 1/5/1929:994). / The infants of this world are the ones most affected by tuberculosis, that is children under five years of age.
See also mate kohi-ā-kiko, kohi