2. (noun) breaking waves, break (on the crest of a wave), foam.
I ahu mai taua kaipuke i Merika. He maha ngā rā i ākina ai e ngā tūātea nunui o te moana, tae rawa mai ki Ahitereiria ka ū ki runga toka (TP 7/1909:6). / That ship headed from America. For many days it was pounded by the huge breaking waves of the sea, and when it finally reached Australia it landed up on rocks.
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