heihei
1. (modifier) hen, chook, fowl, chicken.
Arā hoki ko taua kaiwhakaako ka pēnā ia me ngā kātua heihei e tū pōrangi ana ki te huna i āna tamariki ki roto i ōna paihau; kei kapohia e te kāeaea (JPS 1990:17). / There was that teacher who was acting like a mother hen, distracted with hiding her brood within her wings in case they were snatched by the New Zealand falcon.
2. (noun) hen, chook, fowl, chicken.
Ka ruia ana ngā witi e te tamaiti, ka rere mai ngā heihei ki te timotimo i aua kākano. / When the child scattered the wheat the hens rushed to peck at the seeds.
