2. (verb) to fall flat, collapse, fall down.
Ka porowhā haere te taiapa tōtara i Pāpāwai (TTR 1994:49). / The tōtara palisades at Pāpāwai gradually collapsed.
3. (adjective) be square, four-sided, quadrangular.
Nā he porowhā ngā tatau katoa, ngā pou tatau me ngā matapihi (PT Kingi 1 7:5). / And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows.
4. (modifier) square, four-sided.
Ko ngā mea hei whakaako i ngā kanohi, he mea porotaka kara, he mea porowhā, he pirepire me ērā atu mea (TP 1/1906:2). / The things to train the eyes are coloured circles, square, tablets and other such things.
