hukitau
1. (noun) head of a valley, headwaters.
Ka kitea ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki, koroua, kuia, e huna ana i roto i ngā haemanga o ngā hukitau o ngā wai i ngā wāhi kino (JPS 1911:24). / The women, children, elderly men and elderly women were found hiding in the ravines and headwaters of the streams in difficult places.