kōuru
1. (verb) (-a) to thrust in, insert, submerge.
I kōurua ki te wai (W 1971:151). / It was submerged in the water.
Ka tunua te more o te tī ki te ahi, ka kourua ki roto i te pungarehu wera, ka maoa ka patua kia ngāwari (JPS 1930:67). / The taproot of the cabbage tree was cooked in the fire, it was thrust into the hot ash and when it was cooked it was beaten until it was soft.
