2. (verb) to be clenched (of the fist).
Ki te puku te ringa e kore e taea te rūrū (Milroy 2016). / A clenched fist prevents the shaking of hands (Milroy 2016).
3. (noun) swelling, tumour, lump, bubble, stomach, abdomen, centre, belly, tummy.
Kotahi wiki i muri mai ka mau tētahi arikeita, nō te tuakanga i te puku ka kitea ngā kahu o taua Pākehā i roto (TP 4/1904:8). / One week later an alligator was captured, and on opening up its stomach, the clothes of that Pākehā were found inside.
Synonyms: tia, kōpū, riu, takapū, poikurukuru, pōkurukuru, tipu, repe, koropuku, pungapunga, punga, huahua, pukupuku
hū
1. (verb) to resound, make an inarticulate sound.
Ko te kiripaka a Ngātoro-i-rangi anō i titi ai ki te tihi o Tongariro i puta ake ai ko Ngāuruhoe, te ngāwhā e hū rā i te tihi o te maunga (JPS 1893:223). / The flint which Ngātoro-o-rangi stuck into the summit of Tongariro which caused Ngāuruhoe, the volcano that roars on the summit of the mountain.
Synonyms: kotokoto, māorooro, tōiriiri, oro, pakū, paoro, haruru, hau, tōiri, papahū, ngātoro, tūpapahū, pohū, pakō, papā, pāorooro
2. (verb) to erupt, bubble up, boil.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 77-84; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
Kātahi a Mākereti ka huri, ka kitea tonutia atu i te ngāwhā, i a Papakura e hū ana, ā, ka whakautu tonu atu, ko Papakura tōna ingoa, arā, ko Maggie Papakura (TTR 1996:120). / Then Mākareti turned and saw the geyser called Papakura bubbling away and she answered immediately that Papakura was her name, that is Maggie Papakura.
3. (verb) to make a booming sound, hoot - the call made by birds such as the bittern.
Kei te matuku e hū ana i te repo, ' Hū.' (TKO 30/7/1921:5) / The bittern makes a deep booming call in the swamp, 'Hū.'
4. (verb) to be rumoured.
I hū haere tonu ngā whakapae mō ngā mau herehere e tūkino, e kōhurutia ana (TTR 2000:10). / It was rumoured that prisoners were mistreated and murdered.
5. (verb) to call out (as a signal), cooee.
Rongo ana au i te kaikaranga e hū mai ana ka tangohia e au ngā tīni me te kara o taku hōiho kia wawe ai te tae ki ngā poti i tātahi (Wh3 2003:14). / As soon as I heard the caller cooeeing, I took off the chains and the collar of my horse so that I could be at the boat at the beach quickly.
6. (interjection) cooee.
7. (noun) explosive sound, eruption (volcanic).
I te pō o te 10 o Hune 1886, arā, i te pō o te hū, e 62 ngā tāngata i whakaruruhia e Te Paea i tōna whare i Te Wairoa (TTR 1994:25). / On the night of 10 June 1886, that is the night of the eruption, Sophia sheltered 62 people in her house at Te Wairoa.
8. (noun) tenor, drift (of a speech).
Ko te hū o tāna whaikorero, kia tūpato kei pēhia tō tātou reo e te kāwanatanga. / The tenor of his speech was to be cautious lest our language be suppressed by the government.
koropupū
1. (verb) to bubble up, boil.
Ka koropupū te moana ānō he puia. Muri tonu iho, kua kite atu au e kāngia ana ētahi wāhi o te tima, kua rongo atu hoki au ki aku tāngata e auē ana, e ngunguru ana i te mamae (TP 1/7/1902:2). / The sea was boiling like a volcano. Just after that I saw some parts of the ship burning and I heard my men crying out and groaning with pain.
2. (noun) down, pappus - the tuft of hairs on each seed of raupō, thistles, dandelions and similar plants.
Anō he puarere te ngohengohe (Ng 1993:482). / As soft as thistledown (Ng 1993:482).
3. (noun) rice bubbles.
2. (intransitive verb) Bubble up.
