hīraurau
1. (verb) to unravel, be ragged.
I kaikainga taku poraka e te kurī, kua hīraurau katoa (PK 2008:116). / The dog ate my jersey and it's all unravelled.
Synonyms: kanu, ruwha, kuha, kanukanu, pakaru, ruha, tāwekoweko, taretare, kōhangaweka
2. (verb) to solve.
Tokomaha ngā pirihimana i taua whare e hīraurau ana i taua raruraru, arā, nā wai te wahine i kōhuru? / There are a lot of policemen at the house solving the problem, that is, who murdered the woman?
