pakaru
1. (stative) be smashed, shattered, broken, broken down.
I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.
Synonyms: mongamonga, pūrikiriki
2. (stative) be split.
Āe, me he mākohe; tēnā, mehemea he pūpeka kai roto e kore e pakaru i a koe (JPS 1929:216). / Yes, if it is straight-grained timber, but should it contain blind knots it will never be split by you.
3. (stative) be torn, ragged, rent.
Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira (TWM 20/2/1868:5). / When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.
Synonyms: rīhi, rēti, taretare, kanu, hīraurau, kōhangaweka, ruwha, kuha, kanukanu, ruha, tāwekoweko
4. (stative) be dissolved (of parliament).
Ākuanei pea e toru, e rua rānei tau ka pakaru te Pāremete (TWMNT 31/1/1872:38). / Soon perhaps in three or two years Parliament will be dissolved.
5. (noun) damage, damaged parts, torn parts.
Nā Mahuta te kupu ki te taina, mō te kākahu kanukanu o ō rāua tīpuna. Māku e tāpiri atu tēnei, kāore he mate, e Waikato, ki te kānihitia e koe ngā pakaru o te kākahu nā, hei whāriki mōu ā kō ake nei (TAH 18:19). / Mahuta suggestion to his younger brother concerning their ancestors' tattered cloak. I will add this, no misfortune will befall you, Waikato, if you patch up the torn cloak, as a mat for you in the future.
6. (noun) split, rupture.
Ka mama ake te wai i te pakaru nei (W 1971:172). / The water oozed up through this split.
Synonyms: whakapakaru, whaturama
