ouou
1. (verb) to be few, rare.
Inā hoki he pāmu anō i rongo ai mātou, e toru tau i ngakia ai, otiia kāhore i hoatu he whakamomona; e 800 tana taewa o te tau tuatahi, i te rua o ngā tau ka ouou haere te taewa, ā, i te toru o ngā tau 150 tana taewa ngote (TWMNT 30/7/1873:82). / Because there is a farm that we have heard about, which was cultivated for three years, but no fertilizer was applied. In the first year there were 800 tons of potatoes, in the second year the number of potatoes diminished, and in the third year it produced only 150 tons of tiny potatoes.
Synonyms: mōmōhanga, puipuiaki, puiaki, mokomokorea, whakaonge, mokorea
2. (noun) few.
Tokorua ērā rangatira Pākehā i ū mai ki Poihākena, i rere mai rāua i Ingarangi, he wahine, he tamariki ā tētahi, ā tētahi. He tangata tino whai rawa tētahi, he ouou nei ngā rawa o tētahi (TWMNT 16/10/1872:134). / There were two aristocratic Pākehā who landed in Sydney, having sailed from England and each having a wife and children. One was a wealthy man and the other had few possessions.
