hua
1. (verb) (-ina) to name, call.
Nō reira, e kui mā, e koro mā, huaina iho tā koutou pōtiki ki a 'Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū' hei whakamaharatanga ki ā koutou tamariki, mokopuna, e takoto mai rā i runga i ngā māra o te pakanga (TTT 1/7/1922:4). / Therefore, elderly men and women, name your infant child 'Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū' as a memorial to your children and grandchildren lying on the battlefields.
Huaina ana tēnei he korara (Popi 1896:4). / This is called cholera.
2. (verb) (-ina) to think, know, think of, decide.
I titiro rātou ki te āhuatanga katoa i mahue atu ai a Waerenga-a-hika i a ia, me te nui o te raruraru i taua wā, ka pēnei ō rātou whakaaro, 'Ko wai ka hua, ko wai ka tohu.' (TKO 30/10/1920:6) / They looked at all the reasons that he left Waerenga-a-hika, and the trouble at that time, and they thought, 'Who can know, who can say.'
Synonyms: mahara, matatau, mātau, pūrangiaho, mōhio
3. (noun) outline, leading lines (of a pattern in carving, etc.), contour line.
Tuhia te hua o te tauira tukutuku ki te pepa (RTA 2014:91). / Draw the outline of the tukutuku pattern on paper.
