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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.

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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.

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heihei

1. (noun) noise, disturbance, commotion, storm.

Ānana, tutū ana te heihei (HKK 1999:25). / Lo and behold, what a commotion.

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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.

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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.

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Synonyms: mare tekekō, mare motu

hua heihei

1. (loan) (noun) chicken egg, chook egg, fowl egg.

tame heihei

1. (loan) (noun) rooster.

Kāore anō i hī te ata, kua tangi te tame heihei (PK 2008:105). / It was not yet dawn and the rooster was crowing.

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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.

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