Hoata
1. (personal noun) moon on the third night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the eighteenth night of the lunar month - a good day for eeling, planting crops and crafishing.
Mō Hoata, ko te kōrero, 'pērā mō Tirea' (WT 2013:47). / For Hoata the statement is 'the same as for Tirea'.
2. (noun) moon eighteen nights after the full moon.
Ko te Hoata anō hoki tētahi wāhi o te whitinga mai me te aranga ake o ēnei māramatanga o te ata pō (WT 2013:49). / Hoata was also a part of the shining and rise of these lights before dawn.
hoata
1. (loan) (noun) shot - a single non-explosive missile for a musket.
Ka huihui rātou, ka whakatakoto i ā rātou kaupapa ki te ono kai, ki te tapahi harakeke, ki te topetope rākau, hei hoko atu ki te Pākehā kia riro mai ai he pū hoata (TTR 1990:90). / They gathered together and set out their plan to plant crops, cut flax, chop down trees to trade with the Pākehā to obtain muskets.
Synonyms: panganga, matā, hōta, paneke, pao taka, tītere tautuku, tītere
hoata
1. (noun) long spear.
Synonyms: taoroa
2. (adjective) pale, colourless.
pū hoata
1. (noun) musket.
Ka huihui rātou, ka whakatakoto i ā rātou kaupapa ki te ono kai, ki te tapahi harakeke, ki te topetope rākau, hei hoko atu ki te Pākehā kia riro mai ai he pū hoata (TTR 1990:90). / They gathered together and set out their plan to plant crops, cut flax, chop down trees to trade with the Pākehā to obtain muskets.
Synonyms: ngutu pārera, purukumu, pū okaoka, pū, pū ngutu pārera
