hīrau
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to entangle, trip up, embroil, entrap.
Nō te taenga mai ki te kāinga, hīrautia ana rātou e te take e pā ana ki te whakamahi i te Māori kia haina hei hōia (TTR 1996:242). / On returning home, they were embroiled in the issue of Māori being made to enlist for military service.
2. (noun) paddle.
Ko tētahi atu ingoa mō te hoe, ko te hīrau (Te Ara 2015). / Another name for a paddle was hīrau.
Synonyms: hoe
