hukapuri
1. (noun) hard frost, severe frost.
Hāunga rā, ko te mate tino kino kē atu nei ko te mate hukapuri: ki te whakaaro o Ethel, e taea tonutia ana te tiro atu i ngā taotūnga pū, engari ko ētahi e pāngia nei e te mate hukapuri, kāore e taea te aha, arā, kua tūmanako kore kē (TTR 2000:163). / Apart from that, the worst problem of all was the frostbite: in Ethel's opinion, with a gunshot wound something could be done, but for some who had frostbite nothing could be done, that is it was hopeless.