rūruhi

1. (verb) to be an elderly woman.

Ko taua wāhine kua rūruhi (RK 1994:157). / That woman had become elderly.

2. (modifier) as an elderly woman.

I haere kōtiro atu ki te tahatū o te rangi, nāwai nāwai ā, ka hoki rūruhi mai ki te wā kāinga (HJ 2015:117). / She went off to the horizon as a girl, and after a long time she returned home as an elderly woman.

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3. (noun) elderly woman.

I ui a Rātana mehemea kua kite taua rūruhi i te raiti (TKO 30/6/1921:7). / Rātana asked if that elderly woman could see the light.

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Synonyms: pou, ruahine, hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, tāua, kuikui, hākui, pēperekōu

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