tūhana
1. (noun) river-crossing pole - a pole held breast high for linking people when crossing a river where the strongest people were positioned at each end of the pole, to prevent the smaller or weaker members of the party from being washed off their feet.
Ka mahia kā tūhana i reira, ka whiriwhiria kā tākata mārōrō mō ruka, mō raro o kā tūhana (MT 2011:61). / Poles for linking the people crossing the river were made there and the strongest men were selected for the upstream and downstream ends of the poles.
Synonyms: tūwhana
