parakūkā
1. (modifier) parasitic.
Tērā anō tētahi mate nō taua whenua ake, ko te mate nei, ko te noke parakūkā, ā, riro ana mā tana werowero i te tōpūtanga o te tangata ki te ngira kātahi anō ka pai ake (TTR 1998:41). / Another illness endemic to that country was the problem of the parasitic worm, which he dealt with through mass inoculations and only then did things improve.
Synonyms: pirinoa
2. (noun) parasite, hanger-on, loafer, cadger, scrounger, sponger.
Mōhio ai koa te mano ki ngā tautauhea, ki ngā parakūkā, ki ngā pōrangi, ki ngā whakaaro-iti, ki ngā parangetungetu, ki ngā ngākau-rahirahi, ki ngā kōpūrua, ki ngā rorirori, ki ngā heahea, ki ngā pōrewarewa (KO 14/4/1883:5). / Many people know cowards, scroungers, the mentally ill, the shallow thinkers, the corrupted, the callous people, the indecisive, the stupid ones, the idiots and the senseless ones.
Synonyms: pirinoa, kōtaretare, kaimātai, kaipaoke, kōtare, kaipaoe, pirorehe, kaipāwe, inukorokoro, kaiparo, kaihau, karioi
