1. (verb) to be rundown, dilapidated, partly decayed - especially of timber or things made of timber.
Nā te mea kīhai rātou i whai mana ki aua whenua, koia tēnā te take i pūwhāwhā ai te āhua o ngā whare (TTR 1996:166). / Because they did not have security of tenure to their land, their houses were rundown.
Synonyms: karukaru
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
