haua - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

hauā

1. (modifier) crippled, lame, disabled.

Ā mate noa ia, noho hauā ake ana tana waewae i tana wharatanga, hīkoi haere ai ia me te mau tokotoko, pūtu hāparapara anō hoki (TTR 2000:19). / And until he died, his leg remained lame from his injuries, walking with a stick and surgical boots.

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Synonyms: kopakopa, toti, ngongengonge, kopa, totitoti, turingongengonge, waehauā, kokekoke, hape, kōpiri, tūparaka

2. (noun) cripple, disabled person, invalid, disability.

Ka hinga te hauā rā i tōna hoa (TP 9/1910:4). / That invalid was defeated by his friend.

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Ngāti Hāua

1. (personal noun) tribal group east and south of the upper Whanganui River.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)

penihana hauā

1. (loan) (noun) invalid benefit.

hunga hauā

1. (noun) disabled people, lame people.

Ko rātou o te hunga hauā, o te hunga matapō, o te hunga pararaiha rānei, te nuinga o ngā tūroro e whakaorangia ana e ia (TTR 1996:152). / The majority of the patients he healed were the disabled, the blind or the paralysed.

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