hauhau
1. (noun) mudfish, Neochanna apoda and other species of mudfish - a fish that inhabits mud in freshwater. Long slender fish growing to about 110mm.
Synonyms: waikaka
hauhau
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) (hāua) to strike, chop, hit repeatedly with a weapon or implement, bat.
Nō te matenga o Paurini, he rangatira nō Ngāti Tūwharetoa, i Te Pōrere i Oketopa, ka rere atu te pouaru ki a Kawepō, kātahi ka hāua atu ā muri o te māhunga ki te patu (TTR 1990:31). / When Paurini, a chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, was killed at Te Pōrere in October, the widow leapt at Kawepō and clubbed him on the back of his head.
Synonyms: rākau
2. (noun) bludgeoning, clubbing, striking, hitting.
E ai ki a Paipai, ka wehewehea ngā tānga o rātou hei whaiwhai i te moa kia ngenge. Kia pau te hau i te omanga, kua ngāwari noa iho te hauhau kia mate (TTR 1990:94). / According to Paipai, they were divided into relays to pursue the moa so they became exhausted. When they were tired from running away, clubbing them to death was quite easy.
3. (noun) bludgeon, club, baton, truncheon, cudgel, stick for hitting things.
Kāore i roa e whakatangi ana i tana pepe, ka tau atu he manu ki te pae, kātahi ka hāua ki te hauhau manu (PK 2008:87). / He hadn't been playing his leaf for imitating bird calls for long before a bird landed on the perch and then it was struck with a stick for killing birds.
Synonyms: matire
Hauhau
1. (noun) a movement founded in Taranaki in 1862 by Te Ua Haumēne in response to Pākehā confiscation of Māori land and led to the establishment of the Pai Mārire Christian faith.
I ngā rā o te whawhai Hauhau i te tau 1865 i tautoko tētahi rangatira mana nui i te taha Kāwanatanga (TTT 1/3/1929:953). / In the days of the Hauhau war in 1865 a chief of great prestige supported the Government side.
hauhau
1. (noun) rebel, insurgent, revolutionary, mutineer.
Ko ngā hauhau e āwhinatia nei e ngā Merika (TJ 5/7/1898:5). / The rebels are being helped by the Americans.
Ka riro i ngā hauhau a Teri, he pā nui, he pā kaha (TP 1/12/1900:6). / Delhi, a large and strong fort was taken by the rebels.
Synonyms: kiriweti, whakawhana, kaiwhakatuma, tangata hara, whana, tutū
2. (noun) cool air, fresh air.
Tōia ake te tatau kia tuwhera, kia puta mai ai te hauhau ki a au (W 1971:38). / Pull the door open so that I can feel the cool air.
niu
1. (loan) (noun) pole set up by the Hauhau religious sect for their ceremonies.
Kawea ai ngā kawa o te whakapono hōu ki te pou niu, arā he pou i hangaia i ngā tira kaipuke (Te Ara 2016). / The rituals of the new faith focused on niu (news) poles, constructed from ships’ masts.
Synonyms: niu
2. (noun) pole set up by the Hauhau religious sect for their ceremonies.
Kawea ai ngā kawa o te whakapono hōu ki te pou niu, arā he pou i hangaia i ngā tira kaipuke (Te Ara 2016). / The rituals of the new faith focused on niu (news) poles, constructed from ships’ masts.
Synonyms: niu
