2. (loan) (noun) shaver, razor.
I runga i tō rāua nonoketanga ko te kaikōhuru ka motu tōna ringa i te heu, ka ngaua tōna ringa (TP 5/1904:3). / In their struggle the murderer cut his arm with the razor and bit his arm.
heu
1. (noun) eaves.
Kātahi ka pangā atu te pere ahi i tāwāhi o te awa, ko te matamata he mea tahu ki te ahi, perea atu ana, ehara, titi tonu ki ngā heu o te whare; ka wera i konā a Te Arawa i te ahi (NM 1928:69). / Then the arrow of fire was projected from the other side of the river, the point was burning with fire and when it was propelled, low and behold, it stuck in the eaves of the building; Te Arawa was burnt there.
heu
1. (verb) (-a) to separate, pull out.
Ka puta mai hoki tōku tupuna, a Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, ka kitea ki te ngaro, ki ngā manu, e karamui ana i runga i ngā tāwhaowhao, ka rere mai taua tupuna nei, ka heua ake; ara, he tangata! (NM 1928:7). / And my ancestor, Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, appeared and when he saw the blowflies and birds swarming over the driftwood, he rushed over and pulled me up; look what it was, a human!
Synonyms: tākiri, unu, kōwhiti, kume, whakatahi, maunu, unuunu, kohika, huhuti, huti, hutihuti, kounu, auru, paunu, kōhiti, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
