2. (verb) to dried up, dry.
Ka pūtītia taku waha i te kainga aruhe (W 1971:317). / My mouth is try from eating fern root.
3. (modifier) dried up, desiccated, dry, dull.
Ko te whakaaro o ētahi, ahakoa kai tōtika te parāoa pakapaka, me whai wāhi mai anō he pikopiko, he pīkara, he aha ake, hei kīnaki i ēnei kōrero āhua pūtī nei (HM 1/1995:2). / Some think that although dried bread is appropriate food it should be accompanied with greens, pickles and other delicacies to spice up this somewhat dry talk.
