1. (loan) (noun) potsherd - a broken piece of pottery, especially one found on an archaeological site.
Nā ka mau ia ki tētahi maramara rīhi hei waru i a ia, ā noho ana i roto i te pungarehu (PT Hopa 2:8). / And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.
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