kerakera
1. (verb) to be foul, offensive, nauseous.
Kerakera ana te haunga o ngā paihamu kua mate. / The stink of the dead possums was foul.
Synonyms: honuhonu, nohunohu, mōtuhi, anuanu, harehare, piro, hākiki, kōkiri, whakaweriweri, weriweri, kino, tukituki, maninohea, whakaparahako, mataharehare, mōrihariha
2. (verb) to be quick (of movement).
Synonyms: korakora
3. (noun) anything rotten and putrid, filth.
Kaua e raua atu te kerakera nei ki te ipu rāpihi - me tāpuke rawa, ka mutu, kia hōhonu tonu te rua (PK 2008:254). / Don't put this rotten thing in the rubbish bin - it should be buried, and what's more it should be a deep hole.
