taretare
1. (intransitive verb) to be ragged, tattered, shabby, dilapidated.
Mehemea ka haere mai tētahi tamaiti i taretare ōna kākahu he aha te pai mehemea ka kōrero kau anō tātou ki ngā tini āhua o ngā kākahu i hea, i hea, ā, ka waiho taua tamaiti kia noho kākahu kore? (KO 18/5/1887:4). / If a child with ragged clothes comes to us, what good is there if we just talk about the many styles of clothes from different place and we leave that child without clothes?
2. (intransitive verb) to pant, gasp for breath - usually with manawa.
3. (modifier) ragged, tattered, shabby, dilapidated.
I te tau 1950 kāore anō i whiwhi huarahi tōtika noa te takiwā nei, whiwhi āhuatanga kawe atu i ngā parakaingaki, wai paipa mai rānei. He maha kē nei ngā whare taretare, he papa oneone tonu, ā, kāore hoki i whai wāhi hōroi, tunu kai kē rānei (TTR 2000:176). / In 1950 this area did not yet have proper roads, sewerage facilities, or water reticulation. There were many dilapidated houses with earth floors and no washing or cooking facilities.
Synonyms: karukaru, ruwha, kuha, kanukanu, pakaru, ruha, tāwekoweko, kōhangaweka, hīraurau, kanu
4. (noun) raggedness, shabbiness, scruffiness, dilapidated state, poor state.
Ko taua tamaiti he rawakore ina te taretare o ōna kākahu (KO 15/1/1886:6). / That child is destitute as shown by the poor state of her clothes.
