karawaka
1. (noun) fever.
Ka tae mai nei te Pākehā, nā rātou ngā mate nei te rewharewha me te karawaka (White 5:35). / The Pākehā arrived and was they who introduced influenza and fevers.
See also mate karawaka
2. (noun) typhus fever.
He mate urutā ianei kua pā ki ngā tāngata Māori, tōna ingoa ki te Māori he karawaka, tōna ingoa ki te Pākehā, he 'typhus fever' (TKM.MM 16/12/1862:4). / An epidemic has affected the Māori, which they call 'karawaka', but which Europeans designate as typhus fever.
