2. (noun) alcohol addiction, alcoholism.
Kāore e kore kua riro ētahi o rātou i te wara waipiro. / No doubt some of them have succumbed to alcohol addiction.
whakahaurangi
1. (verb) (-tia) to cause to be drunk, intoxicate, make someone drunk.
I mea tētahi nūpepa o Tūranga nei, nā tētahi pāparakāuta i whakahaurangi tētahi Pākehā mō te kotahi wiki, ā, pau katoa ana moni e £40 (TP 10/1908:10). / A Gisborne newspaper reported that an hotel allowed a Pākehā to be drunk for a week and he used up all his money, a total of £40.
2. (modifier) intoxicating, alcoholic, inebriating.
Uekaha ana tā rātou kupu whakakino i te mahi inu i ngā wai whakahaurangi i ēnei rā (TWMNT 25/5/1875:110). / They were forceful in their words of condemnation of the contemporary practice of drinking intoxicating beverages.
3. (noun) drunkard, drunk person.
E kī ana te kupu, nā te wairua poke ngā whakahaurangi katoa (KO 15/8/1883:7). / The word says that all drunks are because of an unclean spirit.
2. (noun) liquor, alcohol.
He aha te painga o ngā kai reka a te Pākehā - o te rare, o te keke, o te purini, o te winika, o te pepa, o te waipiro? (TKO 31/5/1921:9) / What benefit is there in the sweet food of the Pākehā - lollies, cakes, puddings, vinegar, pepper and alcohol?
2. (noun) drunk, drunkard, wino, alcoholic.
Kātahi hoki ka utaina atu he taunu, ka kīia ko te porohaurangi kia tū rawa hei tohunga (TTR 1990:222). / And then they criticized him saying he was a drunkard appointed as a tohunga.
See also poro-