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.
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
