hawa
1. (modifier) squalid, filthy, dirty.
Nā tēnei āhua rā i whakakorikori te kaunihera whakahaere o Tāmaki-makau-rau, me te Tari Māori ki te turaki i aua wāhi hawa (TTR 2000:42). / Because of this situation the Auckland City Council and the Department of Māori Affairs were moved to demolish those slums.
2. (noun) filth, excrement, sewage, refuse, squalor.
Synonyms: parakaingaki, paru, tohe, para, whakahoe, whakakāhore, whakapeka, kapurangi, whakatoitoi, huru, ota, whakapekapeka, tohetohe, whakanau, kape
3. (noun) lichen.
