kēhi
1. (loan) (verb) to be settled (of a court case, etc.).
See also kua kēhi
2. (loan) (noun) case.
I te mākete kāpia i Rānana e whitu rau e rima tekau pāka, arā kēhi i hokona (HTK 22/4/1893:2). / In the gum market in London 750 boxes, that is cases, were sold.
3. (loan) (noun) court case.
Kāti ka whakaaturia atu nei e ahau ki a koutou, ko aua kēhi i pānuitia kia tū ki Ōtāwhiwhi, ka nukuhia atu ki Ōtuawāhia ā te 14 o ngā rā o Tīhema, 1896 (KTP 29/9/1896:15). / Well, I will tell you that those court cases that were announced to be held at Ōtāwhiwhi will be moved to Ōtuawāhia on the 14 December, 1896.
kehi
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to defame, speak ill of, slander, discredit, malign, denigrate.
Kaua e kēhia te tangata rā, kei haria koe ki te kōti. / Don't defame that man or you'll be taken to court.
Synonyms: muhani, tūtara, whakakino, whakaparahako, whakatūtūā, whakahahani, whakahariharitae, whakakinokino, muheni, whakatuohu, muhari
pene kēhi
1. (noun) pencil case.
Ko te tīmatanga o te tau kura te wā e kaha ai te pakaru o ngā pūkoro o ngā mātua i a rātou e hoko ana i ngā pukapuka tuhituhi, i ngā pēkepuka, i ngā pouaka kai, i ngā pene kēhi, i ngā aha atu, i ngā aha atu. The start of the school year is when parents tend to go broke with having to buy exercise books, book bags, lunch boxes, pencil cases, and all of those sorts of things. /
