1. (verb) to be lean, emaciated, gaunt.
Kua roa ia e kaikainga ana e te weriweri mate rā, kua pāhehaheha (PK 2008:557). / She has been eaten away by that terrible disease and is emaciated.
Synonyms: kōhoi, tūpuhi, taramore, tītaha, whāiti, whīroki, wharara, whīrokiroki, hīroki, tūai, tūoi, tūpuhipuhi, honga, hauwarea, hirinaki, paparewa, tokoroa, pirohea, taiuru, whirinaki
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