1. (verb) to make peace.
E hia nei ngā huihuinga, i whiriwhirihia ai te kōrero mō te hohou rongo (TTR 1990:245). / There were many meetings where peacemaking negotiations took place.
Synonyms: tahua, hohou, hohou te rongo, hou, hohou i te rongo, houhou, whawhau
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