2. (noun) fork, pronged stick (for catching eels), fleshhook, dredge (for shellfish).
Nā ka werohia e ia ki te peihana, ki te pāta rānei, ki te hōpane rānei, ki te kōhua rānei; ko ngā mea katoa i riro ake i te mārau, i tangohia e te tohunga ki taua mea (PT Hamuera 2:14). / And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.
