heihei
1. (modifier) hen, chook, fowl, chicken.
Arā hoki ko taua kaiwhakaako ka pēnā ia me ngā kātua heihei e tū pōrangi ana ki te huna i āna tamariki ki roto i ōna paihau; kei kapohia e te kāeaea (JPS 1990:17). / There was that teacher who was acting like a mother hen, distracted with hiding her brood within her wings in case they were snatched by the New Zealand falcon.
2. (noun) hen, chook, fowl, chicken.
Ka ruia ana ngā witi e te tamaiti, ka rere mai ngā heihei ki te timotimo i aua kākano. / When the child scattered the wheat the hens rushed to peck at the seeds.
2. (noun) dust, spray, turbulence.
Tutū ana te moana, ā puehu ana te rangi i te heihei o te moana (W 1971:44). / The sea is churned up and the sky is hazy from the spray of the sea.
mare heihei
1. (noun) whooping cough, pertussis - a highly infectious disease that is spread by coughing and sneezing. It is caused by bacteria which damage the breathing tubes.
Kāore i roa ka kitea e ia he mare heihei taku mate (TWK 38:10). / It wasn't long before she realised that my illness was whooping cough.
Synonyms: mare tekekō, mare motu
tutū ana te heihei
1. a great disturbance, all hell broke loose, there was pandemonium, chaos reigned, there was a great commotion, there was an uproar, things got quite heated - a phrase used to indicate that a great conflict has broken out or will erupt.
Tutū ana te heihei i roto i te pāramete o Parani ināianei, te take, he whakaaringa i te kupu pana atu i te rohe o taua rangatiratanga, ngā uri katoa a Ponupata (KO 15/2/1883:4). / There is an uproar in the French parliament at present, as a proposal was put forth to banish from the sovereign state all of the descendants of Napoleon.