2. (verb) to descend, go down.
3. (noun) decline, deterioration, degeneration.
I whai wāhi mai a Āpirana Ngata ki te tuhituhi tonu mai mō te tauheke o te iwi, he aha ōna pūtake, he aha hoki ōna rongoā (TTR 1994:48). / Āpirana Ngata contributed writing about the decline of the people, its causes and remedies.
4. (noun) old man, male forbear, elder.
Ko te waiata nei nā Timotu, he tauheke nō Te Pahunga Tumaroroa, ko ia te kaumātua o taua marae i te wā i tae nei a Te Hurinui (M 2004:366). / This song was by Timotu, a male forbear of Te Pahunga Tumaroroa, the elder of that marae at the time of the visit of Te Hurinui.
Synonyms: pou, koroheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, nehe, korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke
