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- hu, article: a, the (extremely rare, seems
very ancient) a ai hu pahu era? whose box is that?
- hú,
- to catch fire, to burn (of fire);
ku hú á te ahi, the fire is burning.
- to blow strongly (of wind).
- to be furious, in a rage, to be mad
(angry); ku hú á tou tagata hoônui era
kia au, that important man is mad at me.
- hua,
- testicle.
- figuratively: son; hua tahi, only son (no
brothers, but may have sisters); fruits of the earth;
to grow well (of fruits).
- to cause a fight, a quarrel.
- hua-ai,
generation, as lineage of direct descendents;
contemporaries.
- huahua, coccyx of bird, "parson's nose":
huahua moa, huahua uha.
- huataru, a creeper (Chenopodium ambiguum).
- hue, to congregate, to get together;
huega, meeting, reunion of persons,
heap, pile of things; hue hau, ball of string.
- huehue, a fish, with a round body, dark back,
and light belly.
- hugahuga, reduced to a powder, to splinters,
to granules.
- hugamoa, pauper, destitute (for want of
external help, and for being incapable or unwilling to work);
dependent (person supported, and living in someone else's
home).
- hugaru, salt-encrusted (of skin, after a prolonged
bath in the sea): hugaru á tooku hakari i te hopuhaga
i te vai kava, my body is covered in salt from having bathed
in the sea.
- hugavai, mother-in-law, father-in-law.
- huhá, thigh.
- huhatu, to be tired (subject: hakari, body);
ku huhata á te hakari. [Note the discrepancy between
entry and example __ it is not possible to tell
which is a misprint].
- huhu,
- to take off one's clothes with a pull, in one
go.
- to lose weight, to become thin, weak:
huhu á te hakari.
- huhú, garland of bird-feathers; such were
used to adorn the boat of the king (ariki henua).
- huhure, to peel, to shell (fruit, eggs, etc.).
- huhuti, to uproot.
- huira, to shine, to glitter.
- huira-ûi-ariga, mirror, looking-glass.
- huira-mata, binoculars.
- huka, insolent, cheeky (=hakxaariga):
ina koe ekó huka mai, don't you be cheeky with
me; to resist stubbornly, to oppose:
ina koe ekó huka nó, e hakarogo tako'a kia au,
you musn't just oppose, you should also pay attention to me.
- hukahuka, firewood.
- huki,
- pole attached to the poop from which
the fishing-net is suspended: huki kupega.
- digging stick.
- to set vertically, to stand (vt.).
- huki á te mahina, said of the new
moon when both its horns have become visible.
- hukia, to feel sudden stabbing pains in some part
of one's body, an omen of success, or of a visitor;
hunch, intuition, foreboding,
premonition.
- humu, thighs; tattoos on the thigh muscles
or on the calf muscles.
- hune, to put on a loin-cloth: ka hune toou
hami, put on your loin-cloth (hune was not used
for the article of clothing, the cape called nua).
- hunoga, son-in-law, daughter-in-law.
- hupe, dew; i te hupe hoa ena i te pó,
he ora te kai, thanks to the dew that fell during the night,
the plants were refreshed.
- hupe'e, snot.
- hupehue, lazy, slack.
- hura,
- to fish with a small funnel-shaped net
tied to the end of a pole. This fishing is done from the shore;
fishing with the same net, but swimming, is called tukutuku.
- to be active, to get moving when working:
ka hura, ka aga! come on, get moving! to work!
- tagata gutu hura, a flatterer, a flirt,
a funny person, a witty person.
- hurahura, to dance, to swing.
- hurehure, see huhure.
- huri,
- to turn (vt.), to overthrow,
to knock down: huri moai, the overthrowing
of the statues from their ahus during the period
of decadence on the island.
- to pour a liquid from a container: ka huri
mai te vai, pour me some water.
- to end a lament, a mourning: he huri i te
tagi, ina ekó tagi hakaou, with this the mourning
[for the deceased] is over, there shall be no more crying.
- new shoot of banana: huri maîka.
- hurihuri,
to capsize.
- huru, custom, tradition, behaviour,
manners, situation, circumstances;
poki huru hare, child who stays inside (to keep a fair
complexion); te huru o te tagata rivariva, a fine person's
behaviour; pehé te huru o Hiva? what is the
situation on the mainland?
- huruhuru, plumage, feathers (the short
feathers, not the tail feathers), fleece of sheep.
- huti, to manage the handling of the kupega fishing-net;
person who directs the handling of the net: maori huti,
expert in fishing with the kupega.