hamaruru
1. (verb) (-tia) to shut in, confine, restrict.
Ka huakina te kūaha ka pākia mai e tētahi haunga, ka mōhio iho kua rua rā tana ngeru e hamarurutia ana ki rō whare (PK 2008:71). / When the door was opened she was struck by an unpleasant smell and realised immediately that her cat had been shut in the house for two days.
Synonyms: kōpani, haupunu, nati, kukuti, taipuru, whakatina, kuti
2. (noun) confined place, restricting place.
I āhua kino te tūnga o te whare nei i Takopa, he hamaruru (W 1971:33). / The position of this house at Takopa is somewhat difficult, it's a confined place.
3. (noun) crutch (of a kō), footrest (of a kō).
See also teka
