2. (verb) (-hia) to rush upon, charge, attack.
Ka whakatata atu te taua ki te hoariri, kātahi ka puta te karanga, "Amohia!" (PK 2008:16). / The war party approached the enemy and then the call came, "Attack!"
3. (noun) litter, stretcher.
Kātahi ka whakaatutia mai he kauhoa, arā, he amo mō te hunga e hinga ana ki roto i te pakanga (TPH 30/7/1903:5). / Then it was revealed that it was a stretcher, that is a litter for carrying those who were falling in the battle.
Synonyms: kauamo, otaota, kapurangi, parahanga, punipuni, kauhoa, whataamo
4. (noun) bargeboard support - upright supports of the lower ends of the maihi of the front of a meeting house.
Nō ngā tau o te tekau tau mai i 1970, ka whakahoungia ngā amo, ngā maihi me te koruru (TTR 1990:377). / In the 1970s the carved frontal features of amo, maihi and koruru were renewed.
5. (noun) ceremonial presentation of kūmara to the tohunga - connected to the lifting of the kūmara crop.
Ko tētahi wāhanga o te whāngai hau he amo kai ki te atua, arā, he whāngai i te hau ki tētahi atua (Te Ara 2015). / A part of the whāngai hau involved a ceremonial offering of food to the atua, that is it was to feed the essence of the offering to an atua.
