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hohou

1. (verb) (houhia,-tia) to bind together, lash together.

Haere ki te nehenehe ki te karikari aka hohou taiepa (W 1971:101). / Go to the forest to strip vines to bind the fence.

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Synonyms: hou, whawhau


2. (verb) (houhia,-tia) to make peace (e.g. hohou rongo).

Ko te kupu a te rangatira te ture o tōna iwi. Ko ia hei whakaara i te rau o te patu, ko ia hei hohou i te rongo (TTT 1/5/1922:7). / The word of the chief was the law of his kinship group. He could instigate war and he could make peace.
Kāore i roa te pakanga, ka hohoutia te rongo e Hapahapai (NIT 1995:337). / The battle had not been going long when Hapahapai made peace.

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See also hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hohou i te rongo, hou

Synonyms: tahua, hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hou, hohou i te rongo, houhou, whawhau

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