2. (modifier) adulterous, unfaithful.
Ko koutou ia, awhi mai ki konei, e ngā tama a te wahine mākutu, e ngā uri o te tangata pūremu, o te wahine kairau (PT Ihāia 57:3). / But you, draw near, the sons of the sorceress, the descendants of the adulterer and the whore.
3. (noun) adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, illicit sex, unchastity, extramarital relations.
Ka karanga atu a Manaia, “Kāti! Ka tohetohe koe ki te huna i tō pūremu." (JPS 1914:2). / Manaia called out, “Enough! You persist in concealing your adultery."
