2. (modifier) rough, violent, tempestuous, stormy, turbulent (of wind, rain or the sea).
Me ko au tērā i runga i te waka e rutua ana e te moana hūkerikeri, he ruaruaki kau te mahi! (HJ 2012:150). / If that was me on the canoe being tossed about by the rough sea, I would have been vomiting endlessly.
3. (noun) roughness, tempestuousness, storminess, turbulence (of wind, rain or the sea).
I te hūkerikeri o te wai me te kaha o te hau ka rere te pūpūtai ki te tāhuna rā anō (PK 2008:717). / Because the water was so rough and the wind so strong the spray flew as far as the sandbank.
