hono

1. (noun) (law) joinder.

2. (transitive verb) fuse.

3. (noun) fusion.

hono

1. (noun) company, assembly, crowd, retinue, following.

Ahakoa ka haere a Te Atairangikaahu ki hea, i reira anō tana hono hei huruhuru mō ōna waewae. / No matter where Te Atairangikaahu went, there was her retinue as her support.

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Synonyms: apataki, hikuroa

hono

1. (verb) (-a) to join, connect, splice, add, log on.

Honoa te haumi, aukaha rawa i ngā rauawa, whakaū rawa he herepuru anō mō ngā rauawa, he raupō hoki mō te wai kei uru ki roto (TWMNT 17/11/1874:285). / Add the canoe extension, lash the top boards, reinforce the caulking for the top boards and also with raupō least water leaks in.

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Synonyms: takiuru, haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, kuhukuhu, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, tūhonohono, tāpiri, whakauru, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko

2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to marry, wed.

Nō te 24 o Āperira i te tau 1899 i Mātihetihe, i moea ai e Himiona Kāmira a Mereana Harekuku (ko Te Ruru tētahi anō o ōna ingoa) o Ōrira. Nā Pā John Baptist Becker (ko Pā Hoane tōna ingoa ki ngā Māori o Te Hokianga) rāua i hono (TTR 1998:74). / On 24 April 1899, at Matihetihe, Himiona Kāmira married Mereana Harekuku (also known as Te Ruru) of Ōrira. Father John Baptist Becker (Pā Hoane was his name among Māori of Hokianga) married them.

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3. (verb) to continually, continual.

Tēnā ko tēnei, hono tonu, hono tonu te tangi ki te motu mō te mate rawa atu o tēnei nūpepa (KO 15/12/1883:1). / Now this one is continually lamenting to the country that this newspaper is in dire straits.

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4. (modifier) linking, connecting.

He tātai hono anō ōna ki a Ngāti Rongomaiwahine me Ngāti Rākaipaaka o Nūhaka me Te Māhia, tae atu ki a Rongowhakaata me Ngāi Tāmanuhiri o te takiwā o Tūranga (TTR 2000:129). / He had genealogical links to Ngāti Rongomaiwahine and Ngāti Rākaipaaka of Nūhaka and Māhia, and to Rongowhakaata and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri of the Gisborne area.

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Synonyms: tūhonohono

5. (noun) link, joining, connection.

Ahakoa te hono atu o ētahi o Ngāti Ira mā ki te tira whawhai a Te Kooti, kāre a Te Popo i mau rākau (TTR 1994:. / Despite some of Ngāti Ira joining Te Kooti's fighting force, Hira Te Popo did not take up arms himself.

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Synonyms: tūhonotanga, pahekotanga, whaitake, taukaea, piringa, tauhere, hononga

hono

1. (verb) to be on the point of, about to.

Ka hono nei au ka ngaro, ka mate nei (W 1971:58). / I am about to die.

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Synonyms: whana

tātai hono

1. (noun) taxonomy.

hono tārawa

1. (noun) grand staff (music).

hono maitai

1. (verb) to weld.

pae hono

1. (noun) link bar.

Hono Iarere

1. (noun) Bluetooth.

wāhi hono ipurangi

1. (noun) hotspot - a public place (such as a coffee shop, airport, or hotel) with a wireless network to connect to the Internet.

hono ā-rorohiko

1. (noun) computer link.

Hono-i-Wairua, Te

1. (location) Gathering Place of the Spirits.

Haere rā i a koe ka kōpikopiko atu ki Te Hono-i-wairua, ki te kāpunipunitanga o te wairua (TTR 1998:37). / We farewell you as you wend your way to the Gathering Place of Spirits, the meeting place of departed souls.

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He hono tangata e kore e motu, kāpā he taura waka e motu.

1. Blood is thicker than water.

The geneaological connections of people cannot be severed, on the other hand the canoe rope will be severed. /

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tohuhono

1. (noun) hyphen - a symbol used to join words.

Kua kore i tino kaha te rere o te tohuhono hei tūhono i ngā wāhanga o ngā kupu pūhui (NTT 2012:9). / It is no longer common for hyphens to be used between parts of compound words.

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hononga

1. (noun) union of sets.

Synonyms: pūruatanga

2. (noun) (anatomy) symphysis.

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tātai hono

hono tārawa

hono maitai

pae hono

Hono Iarere

wāhi hono ipurangi

hono ā-rorohiko

Hono-i-Wairua, Te

He hono tangata e kore e motu, kāpā he taura waka e motu.

tohuhono

hononga

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