2. (noun) (mathematics) solution.
3. (noun) (mathematics) product.
hua
1. (verb) to bear fruit, originate, be abundant, accrue.
Ehara i te mea ko te takaro te hē, engari ko te whakaputa kē i te takaro hei huarahi e peau kē ai te tangata ki te mahi hē, ina hoki he maha ngā hē e hua ana i te kanikani (TP 2/1907:2). / It's not as if the recreational activity is the problem, but the emergence from the activity of an avenue whereby a person can be diverted into wicked deeds because there are many transgressions resulting from dancing.
Synonyms: putu, whakapūranga, tipu, pūtake, take, tupu, pū, mahamaha, maha, ngahoro, makuru, ngerongero, humi, hāwere, rarawe, rari, pukahu, nui, hira, ranea, huhua, ngāhorohoro
2. (verb) to flower, bloom, blossom.
Ka hua te rātā, ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru, ka tae ki te ngahuru, kua poki te rua kūmara, arā, kua tae katoa te kūmara ki te rua (White 4 1889:115). / When the rātā flowers and the Pleiades set in the west, autumn has arrived and the kūmara storage pit is covered over, that is the kūmara crop is all in the storage pit.
3. (verb) to be full (of the moon).
Ā te 4 o ngā rā kōwhiti ai te marama. Ā te 19 o ngā rā hua ai te marama (TMT 1/10/1861:16). / On the 4th day the new moon appears. On the 19th day is the full moon.
4. (noun) product, fruit, berry, roe, egg, progeny, value, finding, result, outcome, asset.
I ētahi tau he tino kaha kē te hua o ngā piki nei, ā, he tino reka hoki mō te kai. I ētahi rā, i te haere kē mātau, hoki rawa mai kua pau ngā hua te kai i te mahi a te tamariki (HP 1991:13). / In some years these fig trees fruited prolifically and they were very tasty to eat. Some days, when we went elsewhere, when we returned the fruit had all been eaten by the many children.
Synonyms: otinga, anaterope, whakataunga, putanga, tukunga iho, keakea, tātea, uri, aitanga
5. (noun) benefit, gain, asset.
Ahakoa te whakahāweatanga o te tangata ki te haere a Hirini Taiwhanga ki Ingarangi, he hua nunui kua puta mai i tana haere (KO 15/1/1883:6). / Despite people's intolerance towards Hirini Taiwhanga's journey to England, many benefits resulted from his trip.
hua
1. (verb) (-ina) to name, call.
Nō reira, e kui mā, e koro mā, huaina iho tā koutou pōtiki ki a 'Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū' hei whakamaharatanga ki ā koutou tamariki, mokopuna, e takoto mai rā i runga i ngā māra o te pakanga (TTT 1/7/1922:4). / Therefore, elderly men and women, name your infant child 'Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū' as a memorial to your children and grandchildren lying on the battlefields.
Huaina ana tēnei he korara (Popi 1896:4). / This is called cholera.
2. (verb) (-ina) to think, know, think of, decide.
I titiro rātou ki te āhuatanga katoa i mahue atu ai a Waerenga-a-hika i a ia, me te nui o te raruraru i taua wā, ka pēnei ō rātou whakaaro, 'Ko wai ka hua, ko wai ka tohu.' (TKO 30/10/1920:6) / They looked at all the reasons that he left Waerenga-a-hika, and the trouble at that time, and they thought, 'Who can know, who can say.'
Synonyms: mahara, matatau, mātau, pūrangiaho, mōhio
3. (noun) outline, leading lines (of a pattern in carving, etc.), contour line.
Tuhia te hua o te tauira tukutuku ki te pepa (RTA 2014:91). / Draw the outline of the tukutuku pattern on paper.
2. (stative) be useful, beneficial, worthwhile.
2. (noun) capital gain, dividend, profit, proceeds.
Nā ngā moni hua o te hokonga i ngā rākau tōtara o ngā whenua o ngā Mahupuku i utu te whakatūtū haere i ērā o ngā whare papa rākau nei (TTR 1994:47). / The profits from the sales of tōtara from the Mahupuku lands paid for the building of these wooden houses.
marama hua
1. (noun) full moon.
Tēnā ka tawhiti ia i te rā, ka nui mai ia, tā te mea e hāngai nui mai ana tōna taha mārama ki a tātou, arā, tōna taha anga atu ki te rā. Nā, ka kīia he marama hua, ka hua te marama. Arā, mehemea kei te rātō te rā, kei te rāwhiti te marama hua rānei, ko te rā kei raro i te rua, ko te marama kei runga, he hua hoki tērā (MM.TKM 28/2/1857:15). / But when it is distant from the sun, it appears large, because its bright side is then turned fully towards us, that is, the side facing the sun. So we say it is a full moon, the moon is full. Thus, if the sun is in the west, the full moon will be in the east, and if the sun is far below the horizon and the moon high above, it will be full.
See also hua
2. (noun) waxing moon - the moon between new and full.
Mēnā e rahi haere ana te mata o te marama e kitea atu ana, ka kīia ko te marama hua tērā (RP 2009:277). / If the face of the moon that can be seen is growing bigger, that is said to be the waxing moon.
pūtau hua
1. (noun) zygote.
I roto i ngā tipu whaipua ka hangaia he pūtau hou, ka kīia ko te pūtau hua, koia e kawe ana i ngā ira o ngā pūtau o ōna mātua e rua (RP 2009:450). / In flowering plants when a new cell is produced it is called a zygote, and this carries the genes of the cells of the two parents.
