marau
1. (verb) to raid, attack.
Ka whakahaumi ki a Ngāti Apa, ā, i tae rā anō ia ki te rāwhiti ki Pōrangahau i te tai tonga o Te Matau-a-Māui, marau haere ai (TTR 1990:380). / Allied to Ngati Apa, he raided as far east as Porangahau in Southern Hawke's Bay.
Synonyms: kanohi kitea, pāhua, pāhuahua, whakaekeeke, tukinga, huaki
2. (noun) raiding party.
I ngā tau tōmua o ngā rau tau 1800–1899, nā Te Peehi i patu tētahi marau i te taiheke o te au-tapu i te awa o Whanganui (TTR 1990:380). / At the beginning of the nineteenth century Te Peehi defeated a war party raiding down the rapids of the sacred current of the Whanganui River.
Synonyms: torohē
3. (noun) comet, meteor.
Synonyms: matakōkiri, kōtiri, kōtiritiri, unahi o Takero, tūmatakōkiri, kōkiri
