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hamuti

1. (noun) faeces, excrement, poo, dung, droppings, stools.

Pēhia ai te tahā ki raro i te wai kia kore ai e uru he hamuti ki roto (TTT 1/12/1929:1935). / The calabash was pushed down into the water so that excrement would not enter.

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See also kimi hamuti, [tō/ō] hamuti!

Synonyms: roke, tūtae, hamiti, tiko

2. (noun) latrine, long drop, privy, lavatory, toilet.

Hangā kia pai ngā kāpata e rua - mō ngā kai, ā, mō te hamuti, ā, kia pai hoki ngā taupoki (TTT 1/10/1929:1089). / Build the two cupboards well - for food and the latrine, and make good lids for them.

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Synonyms: heketua, turuma, whare paku, wharetiko, wharepaku, whareiti

putanga hamuti

1. (noun) toilet bowl.

puku hamuti

1. (noun) (anatomy) bowels.

pae hamuti

1. toilet seat.

[tō/ō] hamuti!

1. a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

Pare: E kī ana te iwi o Pāora kāore ō koutou take ki te whaikōrero. Rangi: Ō rātou hamuti e tā (HKK 1999:94) / Pare: Pāora's tribe says that you are all useless at making speeches. Rangi: They can get stuffed, my friend.

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See also [ō] hamuti

[ō] hamuti

1. a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

paepae hamuti

1. (noun) horizontal beam of a latrine.

Ko te whakauru ki taua karapu me ngau te tangata ki te paepae hamuti, kātahi anō ka mana ki te whai kī i roto i taua whakaminenga (TTT 1/2/1927:533). / For the membership of that club a person must undertake an initiation ritual and only then is he able to have speaking rights in that assembly.

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kai hamuti

1. (interjection) a curse indicating annoyance, dislike or mild anger towards someone. The strength of the phrase depends on the ferocity of the delivery by the speaker.

Kei noho koutou ka whakawhiwhi tūranga ki tēnā kai hamuti (HKK 1999:92). / Don't you dare give that bugger a position.

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Ngaua te pae hamuti

1. A saying from a ritual test where the warrior passed by bighting the latrine beam which would've been covered in excrement. 'Bight the bullet.'.

Bight the seat of latrine. /

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Poporo tū ki te hamuti

1. A cherished one standing in adversity.

Kua waea kē ia ki ngā karawhiunga o te wā he poporo tū ki te hamuti / He's used to the challenges of the day he's someone positive in times of adversity.

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