honae
1. (noun) small basket, wallet.
E hoa mā, tēnei tāku honae hōkeke, he mea kohikohi nāku nō waenga i ngā kōtai i ngā pareparenga o te ngutuawa o Kawaora (TJ 9/11/1899:15). / Friends, this is my small basket of ear fungus which I collected amongst the alluvial soils on the banks of the Kawaroa estuary.
2. (loan) (personal name) Jonas.
Nā ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, E rapu ana te whakatupuranga kino, pūremu, i tētahi tohu; ā e kore tētahi tohu e hoatu, ko te tohu anake o Hona poropiti… (PT Matiu 12:39). / But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonas the prophet…
hōnā
1. (noun) fruit of the tree fuchsia - dark purple to almost black and about 1 cm long containing many seeds.
Kua maoa te hōnā kua pango, he tino kai (PK 2008:127). / When the fuchsia tree fruit is ripe they're black and an important food.
See also kōnini
