1. (verb) to shrivel, shrink.
He hauāuru te hau e tingongo i aku kiko (KO 14/6/1884:2). / The wind shrivelling my flesh is from the west.
Synonyms: kōriorio, iti haere, pīngongo, eti, whakakauriki
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