Huna
1. (personal noun) moon on the eleventh night of the lunar month, or sometimes the tenth night - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twenty-sixth night of the lunar month.
E rua anake ngā kupu kua tuhia e ngā pakeke ki te taha i a Huna: 1. Tūpuhi; 2. Kino (WT 2013:67). / There are only two words that the elders have written beside Huna: 1. Emaciated; 2. Bad.
2. (noun) moon on the twenty-sixth night after the full moon.
Kia hoki ake anō ki te Huna nei. I kīia ake i mua nei, ko tōna tikanga kai te huna ngā mea katoa (WT 2013:66). / To return to this Huna. It was stated before that its meaning is that all things are hiding.
huna
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to conceal, hide.
Ka kitea ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki, koroua, kuia, e huna ana i roto i ngā haemanga o ngā hukitau o ngā wai i ngā wāhi kino (JPS 1911:24). / The women, children, elderly men and elderly women were found hiding in the ravines and headwaters of the streams in difficult places.
See also mahi huna
2. (verb) (-a,-ia) destroy, lay waste.
Heoi anō, kātahi ka kitea, auē, he taniwha te mea e huna nei i te tangata o tēnei huarahi (NM 1928:127). / And so then it was discovered that it was a taniwha that was destroying the people on this road.
3. (verb) to be concealed, unnoticed.
Ehara, kātahi anō ka kitea te tini tāngata e huna nei ki roto i te arearenga o ngā poho o Rangi rāua ko Papa (NM 1928:2). / Sure enough, finally the multitude of people were seen hidden in the cavity of the chests of Rangi and Papa.
kōrero huna
1. (noun) code.
Synonyms: tohu muna
mahi huna
1. (verb) to snoop, pry, spy, secretive activity.
Synonyms: mahira
kura huna
1. (noun) important knowledge.
Tērā e hoki mai te Māori, a tōna wā, ki te kimi i aua mea i whiua atu e ia ki wīwī, ki wāwā. Ko te Pākehā anake i tahuri ki te pupuri i ngā kura huna, i ngā reo a ngā kaumātua, arā ko te pupuri tēnei he tā ki te perehi (TTT 1/5/1923:4). / In time the Māori will return to seek out those things that were tossed hither and thither. Only the Pākehā set about retaining the important knowledge, the voices of the elders, namely by holding on to this by publishing it.
Manu huna a Tāne
1. The hidden bird of Tāne referring to the kiwi. Someone who comes out at night or remains hidden, or is a recluse.
E hoa, e te manu huna a tāne, ahakoa tēnei hāora ko te mea nui kua tae mai / Oh friend, the hidden bird of tāne, regardless of the hour the main thing is you've arrived.
