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korokoroua

1. (verb) to be elderly, old.

Ko tētahi matemate tēnei o te Māori ko ngā mate a te Pākehā. I mua, kāore he rewharewha i pā ki te Māori, me te pīwa, me te mītara, me te rūmātiki, me te huangō, me te karapu, me te tini o ō te Pākehā mate, ko tō te Māori mate kia korokoroua rawa ka mate ai (White 13 2001). / This is one problem of the Māori, the diseases the Pākehā brought. Before they came, Influenza, fever, measles, rheumatism, asthma and venereal disease did not affect the Māori. The Māori problem was when they were very old then they died.

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2. (modifier) old, elderly.

Kua eke aku tau mō te oranga korokoroua a te Hāhi Perehipitiriana (HP 1991:87). / I had reached the age for the Presbyterian Church's old-age pension.

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Synonyms: tawhito, tuaukiuki, koroua, mātāpuputu, waikauere, pūkeko, tahito, tūpakeke, kaumātua, tūārangi, aweko, ahungarua


3. (noun) elderly man, old man, elder, grandfather, granduncle.

He tokomaha mātau, he kuia, he korokoroua te nuinga (HP 1991:255). / There were a lot of us, mostly elderly women and men.

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Synonyms: pou, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, nehe, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke

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