mate kuawa
1. (noun) delirium, delirious, delirious talk (as of a sick person).
Nā te mate kuawa me te kore kaha ōna ki te kai i haria atu ia e tōna matua ki te tohunga o tō rātou takiwā, ki a Matiu Tūpuni (TTR 2000:90). / When he became delirious and unable to eat his father took him to the local tohunga, Matiu Tūpuni.