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pokorua

1. (modifier) hollow, sunken, depressed.

Ko te matua i waenganui i pahaki mai o te ngāherehere e noho ana, i te ritenga ki tētahi wāhi pokorua (TWM 18/2/1865:1). / The army division in the middle was located near the forest, in a depression.

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2. (noun) pit, hollow, crevasse.

Kātahi anō rātou ka tupono ki ngā pokorua kikino i konei (TP 3/1912:7). / Then for the first time they encountered bad crevasses.

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Synonyms: kororua, mārua, rua, kōruarua, kōrua, pārua, poka, pōpokorua, pokopokorua, hāpoki, pokere, waro

3. (noun) trap room.

Ko te pokorua he wāhi kei raro tonu i te atamira, ki reira noho ai ētahi o ngā utauta me ngā whakaritenga mō te atamira (RMR 2017). / A trap room is a space directly below the stage where some of the stage equipment and effects are kept (RMR 2017).

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4. (noun) ant, Formicidae spp.

See also pōpokorua

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