hoto
1. (verb) to be startled, make a convulsive movement, suddenly overcome.
Ka haere a Tū-rāhui ki waho whakahāereere ai i te tamaiti; kātahi ka titiro atu ki te rā e whanake ana i te huapae o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, kātahi ka hoto ake te aroha i a Tū-rāhui ki te wā kāinga, ki Hawaiki (JPS 1913:176). / Tū-rāhui went outside to stroll about with the child. Then he looked at the sun rising on the horizon of the Pacific Ocean and the love for his home, for Hawaiki, suddenly overcame Tū-rāhui.
2. (verb) to begin.
Kua roa tātou e noho ana i te raru, engari kua hoto te ihirangi, ā, kua kotahi te waihoe (HM 3/1995:6). / For a long time we have been having trouble, but a new dawn has begun and we are now paddling in unison.
hoto
1. (noun) barbed stinger, barb, spike (of a stingray).
Ko te upoko o te ika kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara i te tonga, ko tōna hiku kei te pito ki te raki. Ko Moehau te hoto o te whai, ko Taranaki me Te Tai Rāwhiti ngā pākau, ko te tuaiwi atu i Taupō ki Rotorua. Ko Maungapōhatu te manawa o te ika (Te Ara 2015). / The head of the fish is at Wellington in the south, and its tail is at the northern end. The barbed stinger of the stingray is Moehau mountain, Taranaki and the East Coast are the fins, and the backbone runs between Taupō and Rotorua. The heart of the fish is at Maungapōhatu.
