tū kaiākiri
1. (verb) to be wounded.
Kotahi tonu te pānga o te matā ki a Te Iowa, tokotoru heramana i tū kaiākiri (TJ 14/6/1898:5). / Just one shot struck the Iowa, wounding three sailors.
See also kaiākiri
2. (modifier) wounded.
Ko mātou ko ngā tāngata o te iwi o Aupōuri, ka tuku pono atu i tō mātou aroha ki a te Kuīni, hei āwhina i ōna tāngata tū kaiākiri, me ngā pouaru o te whawhai ki Awherika (TJ 1/2/1900:5). / We the people of the Aupōuri tribe send our sincere condolences to the Queen and assistance for the people wounded and the widows of the war in Africa.
