pākarukaru
1. (stative) be falling to pieces, falling apart.
Ko ō rātou kākahu i pakaru katoa, hukahuka ana tērā; me ngā pūtu i ngā waewae, i pākarukaru rawa, riro rawa atu ētahi; ko ngā tinana i wera kino (TWMNT 30/8/1879:523). / Their clothes were all in tatters, hanging in shreds; the boots on their feet were falling to pieces while some were long gone; and their bodies were badly burnt.
2. (modifier) in disrepair, dilapidated, run down.
Rokohanga atu e rāua tētahi whare pākarukaru i roto i te ngahere. / They came upon a dilapidated house in the forest.
Synonyms: kanone
3. (noun) disrepair, dilapidation, decay.
Eke ana ki te tekau tau atu i 1920, kua tīmata te pākarukaru haere o Hotunui (TTR 1998:191). / By the 1920s Hotunui had begun falling into disrepair.
