2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to slip up, pull up (e.g. a shirt sleeve).
Ko te tino tangata ko te tangata e pahuhu ana i ngā ringaringa o tōna hāte, e mahi ana i te tīkākātanga o te rā, e maringi nei te kakawa i tōna mata, ko te tino rangatira tēnei (TP 4/1908:8). / An important person is the one who slips up the sleeves of his shirt, works in the heat of the sun and the perspiration pours from his face, this is a chief of status.
3. (verb) to be quick (of travel).
Synonyms: pakē
4. (verb) to peel, stripped away (of the skin, etc.).
Ko te kaumātua nei, ko Kōhuru te ingoa, ko ōna tau kai kō atu i te 70, pau katoa ngā huruhuru o te māhunga me ōna pāhau hoki i te ahi, i pahuhu katoa ngā kiri o te tinana me te konohi hoki i te kainga a te ahi (TPH 15/8/1903:6). / This elder, whose name was Kōhuru, was over 70 years old, and the hair on his head and beard was all burnt off by the fire, and the skin of the body and face had peeled off from the effects of the fire.
5. (noun) foreskin.
I tapahia tōna pahuhu i a ia e kōhungahinga tonu ana (PK 2008:561). / He was circumcised when he was quite young.
