2. (modifier) hot, burning, burnt by the sun, sunburnt.
Hoki rawa mai kua ruwha rawa te Pākehā, e mahi ana hoki i raro i te rā tīkākā o Awherika i a Hune (he raumati) (TWMNT 19/5/1874:124). / When they returned the Pākehā were terribly weary from working under a burning African sun in June (summer).
3. (noun) sunburn.
4. (noun) heat.
Kīhai i āta tupu i te tīkākā o te rā, i te kore ua (TPM 9/3/1863:18). / They did not grow properly because of the heat of the sun and the lack of rain.
