1. (verb) (-tia) to make a hole, make a pit.
Kua kōruaruatia ngā rerenga wai i te kaukautanga a ngā kāhui erepata, ā, okeoke noa ana ngā ōkiha i roto i aua kōruarua (TWMNT 10/5/1874:107). / The water course had been made into a hole from the swimming of the herds of elephants, and the oxen struggled in those holes.
Synonyms: whakaumu
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