Break

"Break" in mi

puapua

(surfing: place where waves break)

tūātea

(surfing: place where waves break)

hotu

(of morning: to arrive)

pekehāwani

(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))

pereki

(to turn an animal into a beast of burden)

pōrutu

(of a wave, to collapse into a surf)

takahi

(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))

whakakaurapa

(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)

whakapēkerapu

(to ruin financially)

whakararata

(to turn an animal into a beast of burden)

whati

(intransitive, of a bone: to crack)

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