hōnea
1. (verb) to escape, be absent.
I hōnea ai a Pearce rāua ko tōna hoa wahine nā te mea he tangata mōhio a Pearce ki te mahi kau he mahi tērā nāna i ngā rā o tōna tamarikitanga (TKO 12/2/1919:7). / Pearce and his wife escaped because Pearce knew about dairy farming as it was something he did in his childhood.