2. (noun) wound, injury.
Ko te hōia Māori e kōrerotia ake nei i taotū, ko tōna tū i tōna pokohiwi (TKO 7/1915:8). / The Māori soldier that we spoke about above who was wounded, his injury was to his shoulder.
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