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pirau - rotten

Pirau. 1. a. Rotten. He pirau kai ma te arero e kape (P. 25). Ka pirau nga pohuhe (P. 99).

2. Gone out, extinguished. E kui, homai hoki he ahi maku, kua pirau hoki tenei (T. 24).

3. n. Pus. Nga pirau o te tapoa o Uenuku (T. 63).

4. Decay, death. Kati nei, ma te pirau, ko au: ko koutou, ma te whata rakau koutou (W. ii, 123).

pipirau, pirapirau, a. Decayed. I waiho ai toku kiri kia pirau ana, pirapirau ana (M. 246). Te waro pipirau (M. 313).

piro.

Williams Dictionary

Kia hoki mai ahau, kua mutu tēnei mahi.
When I return, you are to have finished this job.
When - Kia

Kāore ngā pakeke i te kai i te kānga pirau.
The elderly are not eating the rotten corn.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kei te kai ngā pakeke i te kānga pirau.
The elderly are eating the rotten corn.

He pirau ngā ārani, ngā pītiti me te paināporo.
The oranges, peaches and the pineapple are rotten.

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