2. (transitive verb) unearth.
houhou
1. (verb) to make peace - usually as houhou i te rongo or houhou rongo.
Kātahi ka tuhia atu e Hōri Kīngi te pukapuka ki a Pēhi kia whakarērea taua mahi pōrangi, te Hauhau, kia tahuri mai ki te houhou i te rongo (TWM 4/3/1865:2). / Then George King wrote a letter to Pēhi telling him to abandon the crazy activity, the Hauhau movement, and to turn to peace.
See also hohou, hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hohou i te rongo
Synonyms: tahua, hohou, hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hou, hohou i te rongo, whawhau
houhou
1. (noun) five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus - a tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches. One of the most common native trees.
See also whaupaku
Synonyms: whauwhaupaku, whau, whaupaku, tauparapara, puahou
houhou
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to dig up, obtain by digging.
Kei Te Tararo, kei Remuera, kei Tāmaki, kei Papakura, ā, kei ngā tini tāone o ngā hōia kaumātua, e houhou ana te tupu o ngā kai, e hūmārie ana te āhua (MM.TKM 1/1/1855:5). / At Epsom, Remuera, Tāmaki, Papakura, and the various military pensioner settlements, the plantings of crops are being dug up and all is beautiful.
2. (verb) (-a) to put holes in, chop into pieces.
Ehara, totohu tonu iho ngā waka kua houhoua rā hoki ngā waka waiho kia pūtārera ana (TP 1/1913:2). / Heavens, the canoes sank immediately because holes had been chopped into them so that they were in splinters.
