rohai
1. (verb) to be deserted, desolate, unoccupied, abandoned.
He maha ngā tau e rohai noa ana a Te Matau-a-Māui, heoti, tērā pea ko te tau 1838 te tīmatanga o te āta hokihokinga mai o ngā iwi manene ki te nohonoho haere anō i ō rātou whenua (TTR 1994:40). / For many years Hawke's Bay was abandoned, but about 1838 was the beginning of the gradual return of the exiled tribes to resettle their lands.
