pehu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to mash, crush, pound.
He momo uku te taioma, ka tahuna, ka pehua, ka konatua ki te hinu kia puta te momo hinu tā, kīia ai ko taioma (Te Ara 2012). / Taioma is a type of clay which was burnt, pulverised and mixed with oil as a type of paint and then was also called 'taioma'.
Synonyms: kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu, paruparu, whakapē, tuki, kuru, kurukuru, pao, āki, kōmekemeke, pātuki, pāuna, hamahama, patupatu, tātā, poutuki, whākuru
2. (noun) grinder.
I tēnei wā kei te whare taonga o Taranaki ki te tonga ngā pehu witi nei (Te Ara 2017). / Now these millstones are held in the South Taranaki museum.
