ahuahu
1. (verb) to set (of the sun).
Kia ahuahu te rā ka kai ai tātou (W 1971:4). / When the sun sets we will eat.
Synonyms: totoka, rehurehu, tetepe, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, pō, kōpā, whakamohiki, whakarākei
ahuahu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to heap up, earth up (crops, etc).
Whakatōkia te kūkama (hue roroa) me te merengi roka (te hue kakara), me ahuahu kei pirau i te wai (TK 1/8/1845:32). / Plant cucumber (long gourds) and rock melon (sweet smelling gourds), which should be earthed up lest they rot from moisture.
2. (noun) heap, mound, hillock.
Ko aua ahuahu kia rarangi tonu, ko te matara o tētahi ahuahu i tētahi, kia whā putu i tētahi papa, kia toru putu i tētahi papa (TW 5/2/1876:70). / These mounds are in lines, four feet apart one way, and three feet the other.
ahuahu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to tend, foster, fashion, shape.
Ko te raku he momo mahi uku i takea mai i te whenua o Hapanihi. I te nuinga o te wā, he ahuahu ā-ringa i te taonga uku, ā, kāore i te pērā rawa te hahana o te whakapaka (RTA 2014:143). / Raku is a type of pottery making originating from Japan. Usually the pottery is shaped by hand and is fired at lower temperatures.
Synonyms: āhuahanga, taratarai, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārai, tārei, hanga, āhua
Ahuahu-mataora
1. (personal noun) seventh lunar month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to January and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Kohitātea
Synonyms: whitu, Hakihea, Akaaka-nui, Whitu o Hakihea, Te
