1. a curse, a swear word. The strength of this exclamation of contempt depends on the ferocity of the delivery by the speaker and the context in which it’s used.
Kaua e haere mai ki konei tohutohu mai ai me pēhea. Tou parahua! / Don’t think you can come here and tell us what’s what. Bloody bugger!
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