hohou rongo
1. (verb) to make peace.
E hia nei ngā huihuinga, i whiriwhirihia ai te kōrero mō te hohou rongo (TTR 1990:245). / There were many meetings where peacemaking negotiations took place.
Synonyms: tahua, hohou, hohou te rongo, hou, hohou i te rongo, houhou, whawhau
hohou te rongo
1. (verb) to make peace.
Ka tau te riri, ka hohou te rongo (TTR 1990:57). / Hostilities subsided and peace was made.
Synonyms: tahua, hohou, hohou rongo, hou, hohou i te rongo, houhou, whawhau
hohou i te rongo
1. (verb) (hohoutia te rongo) to make peace, cement peace (after war or conflict).
I hoatu e ia tana patu pounamu ki a Hape hei hohou i te rongo (NIT 1995:337). / He gave his greenstone club to Hape to cement the peace.
Synonyms: tahua, hohou, hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hou, houhou, whawhau
2. (verb) (houhia,-tia) to make peace (e.g. hohou rongo).
Ko te kupu a te rangatira te ture o tōna iwi. Ko ia hei whakaara i te rau o te patu, ko ia hei hohou i te rongo (TTT 1/5/1922:7). / The word of the chief was the law of his kinship group. He could instigate war and he could make peace.
Kāore i roa te pakanga, ka hohoutia te rongo e Hapahapai (NIT 1995:337). / The battle had not been going long when Hapahapai made peace.
See also hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hohou i te rongo, hou
Synonyms: tahua, hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hou, hohou i te rongo, houhou, whawhau
hou
1. (verb) (houhia) to bind, lash together, make peace (e.g. hohou rongo).
I te tau 1833, ka haere a Te Wiremu ki Matamata, kia kite i a Te Waharoa, kia houhia te rongo ki a Ngāti Maru (TPH 27/3/1905:2). / In 1833 Williams went to Matamata to see Te Waharoa and to establish peace with Ngāti Maru.
See also houhanga a rongo
Synonyms: hohou, whawhau, tahua, hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hohou i te rongo, houhou
