haku
1. (verb) (-a) to nag, complain about, find fault with, henpeck.
Taro ake ka haku a ia i takahia te mana o tōna iwi o Moeraki (TTR 1990:351). / After a time he complained that the rights of his people of Moeraki had been disregarded.
Synonyms: whakakunāwheke
2. (noun) cold, colic.
haku
1. (noun) kingfish, Seriola lalandi - large sporting fish, dark blue-green on the back and silvery white on the belly with a broad longitudinal yellow stripe on the sides. Body elongated, cylindrical, with a large mouth reaching back to the small eye.
Kua mau tāu ika, he haku, nō te moana uri (TPH 24/5/1898:5). / Your fish has been caught, a kingfish from the deep green ocean.
