1. (noun) tuberculosis, consumption.
These ailments developed here: infertility, tuberculosis, asthma, and others. / Ka tipu mai i konei ēnei mate te pukupā, te mate kohi kiko, te huangō, me ērā atu mate hoki (TPH 15/8/1903:1).
See also mate kohi, mate kohi-ā-kiko
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