pirau
1. (verb) to be put out, extinguished, rotten, beaten, defeated.
He pai anō te whakawhata i te peihana me ērā atu manu, i mua o te kōhuatanga, engari kaua e tukua kia pirau (TP 12/1907:4). / It's also good to hang pheasants and those sorts of birds before boiling them, but don't let them go rotten.
Synonyms: kurupopo, pūmaoa, kurupōpopo, popo, popopopo, pōpopo, whakapoko, tinetinei, whakaweto, piro, poko, tipoko, tinei, meto
2. (verb) to be festering, infected.
Kua pirau te tūnga - kei te kitea atu te ero i raro i te pāpaka (HJ 2012:275). / The wound is infected - the pus can be seen under the scab.
3. (modifier) rotten, decaying, decayed.
E mahara ana hoki koutou ko koutou ngā tino toa, ko mātau ngā āporo pirau. Me porowhiu atu, kāore he take (HP 1991:53). / You should remember that you are the best warriors and we are the rotten apples, which should be discarded as we are of no use.
4. (noun) decay, rot, rotting, decaying.
Ka kai te mokoroa i te pia o te rākau, nāwai ā, kua tīmata te pirau haere o taua rākau – nō konei te kōrero rā ‘he iti mokoroa e hinga pūriri’ (Te Ara 2015). / The mokoroa grub eats the sap of the tree, and after a while the tree begins to decay – hence the saying ‘the little mokoroa grub will fell a pūriri tree'.
Synonyms: kurupōpopo, kurupopo, hanehane, koropungapunga, whakapirau
5. (noun) pus.
E pipī tonu mai ana te pirau i te whēwhē. / The pus is still oozing out of the boil.
Synonyms: ero
