hina
1. (stative) be grey-haired, grey, pale in colour.
Ka puta mai he tangata kaumātua he hina te māhunga (THNT 21/5/1863:4). / An elderly man with grey hair appeared.
See also hinahina
2. (modifier) greying (of hair).
E whakaatu mai ana i tētehi whakaahua o Taingākawa mā i tangohia i taua wā nei, te amaru o tōna āhua rangatira, ōna makawe hina me tōna pāhaungutu mangu (TTR 1996:242). / A photograph of Taingakawa taken on this time shows him looking very distinguished, with his grey hair and dark moustache.
3. (noun) grey hair, greyness.
E whai atu nei ko te waiata a tētahi kaumātua, mō ētahi tamariki i kata ki a ia mō tōna hina (Te Ara 2015). / The following is a song of an elder, about children laughing at him and his grey hair.
