pākaru
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to break through, break forth, break into pieces, split open, smash into, breach.
Ka pania ki te rongoā i tētahi wāhi ka mahu, muri iho ka pākaru mai i tētahi wahi o te tinana (TWM 26/12/1870:1). / The ointment was applied on one place and it healed, but later it broke out on another part of the body.
I pākarua whakareretia te kaipuke ki te kōhatu huna, ā ngaro tonu iho atu te tima me te nuinga o ngā tāngata eke (THM 1/7/1890:1). / The ship suddenly smashed into a hidden rock and the ship perished along with the majority of the passengers.
pakaru
1. (stative) be smashed, shattered, broken, broken down.
I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.
2. (stative) be split.
Āe, me he mākohe; tēnā, mehemea he pūpeka kai roto e kore e pakaru i a koe (JPS 1929:216). / Yes, if it is straight-grained timber, but should it contain blind knots it will never be split by you.
3. (stative) be torn, ragged, rent.
Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira (TWM 20/2/1868:5). / When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.
Synonyms: rīhi, rēti, ruha, tāwekoweko, kanu, kōhangaweka, hīraurau, taretare, ruwha, kuha, kanukanu
4. (stative) be dissolved (of parliament).
Ākuanei pea e toru, e rua rānei tau ka pakaru te Pāremete (TWMNT 31/1/1872:38). / Soon perhaps in three or two years Parliament will be dissolved.
5. (noun) damage, damaged parts, torn parts.
Nā Mahuta te kupu ki te taina, mō te kākahu kanukanu o ō rāua tīpuna. Māku e tāpiri atu tēnei, kāore he mate, e Waikato, ki te kānihitia e koe ngā pakaru o te kākahu nā, hei whāriki mōu ā kō ake nei (TAH 18:19). / Mahuta suggestion to his younger brother concerning their ancestors' tattered cloak. I will add this, no misfortune will befall you, Waikato, if you patch up the torn cloak, as a mat for you in the future.
6. (noun) split, rupture.
Ka mama ake te wai i te pakaru nei (W 1971:172). / The water oozed up through this split.
Synonyms: whakapakaru, whaturama
waha pakaru
1. (noun) braggart, boaster, bragger, loud-mouth.
Kaua e waiho mā tēnā waha pakaru e whakamārama te kaupapa – ka warea ia ki te korero mōna anō, kaua mō te kaupapa (HJ 2017:12). / Don’t let that loud-mouth explain the project – he will be too busy talking about himself, not the project.
Synonyms: waha rera, rangiwhata, waha huka, pākiwaha, waha papā, waha
pakaru (ana)/(katoa) [ngā] hamuti
1. [they] were shit-scared, scared shitless, terrified, scared stiff, frightened out of one's wits - a colloquialism often used to say that someone is terrified.
Ka kite ia i ngā pirihimana me ā rātou pū, pakaru ana tana hamuti i te mataku. / When he saw the policemen with their guns, he was terrified.
Synonyms: tarawewehi
pakaru te tero o te tīkaokao
1. It's beyond redemption, totally stuffed, overcome by circumstances, beaten - a colloquialism indicating that something is broken or someone is totally exhaused, or something has gone completely awry.
(Ka hoki mai a Pare i te hāereere, e amo ana i tana pahikara. Kua pau te hau o tētahi o ngā wīra, ka mutu, kua makere iho te tīni. Nā tēnei tūāhua, kua mea atu a Rangi ki tana hoa) Auē, taukiri ē, kua pakaru te tero o te tīkaokao! (HKK 1999:99). / (Pare returns from tripping around carrying his bicycle. The tyres are flat and, what's more, the chain has fallen off. Because of this situation, Rangi says to his friend:) Oh dear, that looks stuffed!
