2. (verb) to be killed.
Kua marū kē ngā poaka te tukituki (W 1971:184). / The pigs have been bashed to death.
3. (verb) to be cooked.
Ka marū ngā manu ka raua ki roto i te tahā hue, ki roto rānei i te pātua tōtara (TWK 32:10). / When the birds were cooked they were put into gourd calabashes, or into tōtara bark food receptacles.
4. (noun) bruise, bruising.
He tamaiti 11 ngā tau i tapahia te waewae e te kīwhi e tōia ana e te tarakitā ka mate i te pau o ngā toto me te marū o te tinana (TAH 6:61). / An 11 year old boy was gashed in the leg by a set of tractor-drawn discs, and died from loss of blood and bruising of the body.
