karekare
1. (verb) to be rough (of the sea), choppy, agitated.
Karekare kau ana te tai ki Mānuka (MM.TKM 31/7/1856:11). / The sea at the Manukau Harbour are agitated.
Synonyms: whenewhene, pohepohe, tū, oru, kōrawarawa
2. (noun) surf, waves.
I kauhoe atu a Hūria Mātenga rātou ko ana hoa tokorua i roto i te karekare o te moana ki te kawe i ngā kaimahi ki uta (TTR 1990:48). / Hūria Mātenga and her two companions swam out into the surf to bring the crew ashore.
