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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.
Adjectives and a-type statives -

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

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

Kia taka te tau, kia pirau, ka kawe ai i ngā iwi ki taua toma.
When a year had passed, and when it had decomposed, the people would carry it to the resting place for bones.

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

Ka pirau noa iho tētahi taha o te wahine rā, ka tupu rīrī e te tio tio.
One side of the woman became rotten and overgrown with barnacles.

#114: Although it is raining, we are going to the beach

#67: Tararua is a mountain (ko)

#21: The happy children are playing

#172: The bad big wolf

#113: If it rains we will stay home

#143: You will be the one to do the dishes

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