kuha
1. (verb) to be ragged, tattered, shabby, dilapidated.
Kua kuha noa atu te kaka nei (W 1971:154). / This dress has been shabby for a long time.
Synonyms: karukaru, tāwekoweko, taretare, kanu, hīraurau, kōhangaweka, ruwha, kanukanu, pakaru, ruha
2. (noun) fragment, scrap, dilapidated house, shack.
Kua ahu anō au ki tērā kāinga - he kuha (TWM 5/9/1863:3). / I headed to that home - a shack.
Synonyms: mara, moka, pākorokoro, kāuta
kūhā
1. (noun) thigh.
He kūao tāriona, kotahi tau, he O te parani i te kūhā mauī, he tiwha te rae (TW 1/8/1875:133). / A young stallion, one year old with the brand O on the left thigh and the forehead is black.
See also kūwhā
