kanu
1. (verb) to be ragged, torn, dilapidated, shabby, in tatters, in need of repair.
I ū ia ki Ākarana, ka haere ia mā uta, ā, tae atu ki Pēwhairangi. Tae rawa atu ia ki Kerikeri ka kanu katoa ōna kākahu (TP 6/1907:5). / When he landed in Auckland he travelled inland arriving at the Bay of Islands. When he finally reached Kerikeri his clothes were all in tatters.
Synonyms: ruwha, kuha, kanukanu, pakaru, ruha, tāwekoweko, taretare, kōhangaweka, hīraurau, karukaru
