2. (verb) (pūhia) to shoot, fire, discharge (a gun). Usually pūhia in the passive form.
Kātahi a ia ka hoki ki te taha whakararo o te awa, i reira nei ngā taua me ā rātau pū e huihui ana; kātahi rātau ka haka, ā, ka puhipuhi i ā rātau pū (TTR 1990:292). / He then returned to the northern side of the river where the war parties armed with muskets had gathered. Then they performed haka and discharged their guns.
Synonyms: pipihi, puhi, tupu, kāwai, tītere, pihinga, kotete, tipu, kōkihi, wene, pupuhi, pihi
3. (noun) smoking.
Kāhore rawa he painga o te puhipuhi paipa (TP 7/1907:4). / There's absolutely no benefit from smoking a pipe.
4. (noun) shooting.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 53;)
Ka arumia atu, ka ngāwari te puhipuhi i ngā kaiaru nō te mea i hangā he rāihe kaha ki muri o Ruapekapeka hei waonga i a rātou i ngā hōia (TTR 1990:36). / They were pursued and it was easy to shoot the pursuers because a strong defensive stockade had been built behind Ruapekapeka as a defence against the soldiers.
Synonyms: pupuhi, puhi, puhanga, moutī, pārure, pārure tīrore, rohe tītere
puhipuhi
1. (verb) (pūhia,-tia) to bunch up.
Ko te uru, he kehu, arā, i āhua whero, ā, kāhore i tikitikia; he mea puhipuhi kia pūhihi, ā nui noa atu te āhua pokuru, me te āhua whanewhane nei i te tū mai (JPS 1896:4). / Their hair was also light-coloured, that is reddish, and never bound up in a top-knot, it was bunched out to be stiff, and appeared in lumps (or tufts), and they looked irritable as they stood there.
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to decorate with feathers or hair.
He tino kūare rawa ngā iwi Hauhau ki te pūtoi kererū hei puhipuhi mō tana tewhatewha (TWM 26/8/1865:5). / The Hauhau tribes were very uninformed about bunches of pigeon feathers as adornment for his tewhatewha.
3. (noun) topknot, bunch of feathers, treasure.
4. (noun) feather ornaments on a canoe.
Ka oti tēnā, ka tīmata rātou ki te whakanoho i ngā puhipuhi o te waka (JPS 1957:223). / When that was done they commenced to set the plumes of the canoe into place.
kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri
1. livid with rage, foaming at the mouth, livid, fuming, outraged - an idiom to express extreme anger.
Māhita: (E hāmama an) E kī, e kī he mōhio ake koutou i a au! Tamaiti 1: (E kōhumuhumu ana) He aha tana mate? E riri ana? Tamaiti 2: (E kōhumuhumu ana) Āe rā, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri! (HKKT 2011:19). / Teacher: (Shouting) You don't say, you know more than me! Child 1: (Whispering) What's his problem? Is he angry? Child 2: (Whispering) Yes, he's livid with rage!
Synonyms: pukuriri, wheke, puku te rae, puku o [te] rae, takariri, riri, whakatakariri, tūpehupehu
