aitu
1. (noun) sickness, calamity.
Nā Hoani te whakamārama mō te maha noa o te hunga nā Hikapuhi i takai ō rātau mate whara, i whakaora ō rātou aitu kāore he utu (TTR 1996:54). / Hoani explained that for many people Hikapuhi had dressed their wounds and cured their sicknesses, and had taken no payment.
Synonyms: koero, māruru, mamate, māuiuitanga, tahumaero, tūpoupou, mate
