2. (modifier) mouldy, mildewed, musty.
Ki te pakaru ō hamuti i te hiakai, ka kainga e koe te parāoa hōpurupuru (PK 2008:131). / If you are really hungry, you will eat mouldy bread.
Synonyms: kāhekaheka, hōpuru, kōpuru, kōpurupuru, puruhekaheka, hekaheka, heka
3. (noun) mould, mildew, must.
Ka whiua koe e Ihowa ki te kohi, ki te kirikā, ki te mumura, ki te toronga nui, ki te hoari, ki te tauraki, te hōpurupuru (PT Tiuteronomi 28:22). / You will be punished by Jehovah with consumption, with a fever, with inflamation, with extreme burning, with the sword, with drought and mildew.
Synonyms: me, rawa, mātua, pūhekaheka, pōhekaheka, hekaheka, kāhekaheka, kōriri
