monoku
1. (modifier) damp, wet, moist.
He piki pari tonu tā rātou mahi; he kuhu haere tonu i roto i ngā ngahere ururua, apiapi, monoku rawa, he whakawhitiwhiti hoki i ngā repo kua kino i te ua, kua tāpokopoko (TWMNT 2/5/1876:102). / They had to climb cliffs, to enter dense, saturated forest undergrowth, and to cross swamps made worse by rain and had become boggy.
Synonyms: kōpūtoitoi, mākū, toriwai, whakamākūkū, haumākū, hauwai, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (noun) moisturiser.
