mōhungahunga
1. (stative) be crushed, squashed, crumbled.
Nā tukia ana rātou e ahau, ā rite noa ki te puehu o te whenua: mōhungahunga noa rātou i ahau, me te mea he paru nō ngā huarahi; ā tītaritaria ana rātou e ahau (PT Hamuera 2 22:43). / Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
2. (modifier) crumbling, disintegrating.
Ka whakamātauria e rātau ngā toenga mōhungahunga o te whare (Ng 1993:77). / They checked the crumbling ruins of the house.
