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inroa

Bingham

in/roa

va. thrown down in confusion, prostrate, as many sick at a time.
n. prostratee>ion of many by an epidemic.

Sabatier

inroa

a. lying <lie> lengthwise, stretched out, strewn on the ground, orientated <oriented> downwards (is said only of things or persons stretched out, lengthwise in a group, crowd, mass).
v. to strew on the ground, to be cast down by sickness, weariness, shot down.
vc. ka-inroa: to lay, to put on the ground in quantities.