hoto
1. (verb) to be startled, make a convulsive movement, suddenly overcome.
Ka haere a Tū-rāhui ki waho whakahāereere ai i te tamaiti; kātahi ka titiro atu ki te rā e whanake ana i te huapae o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, kātahi ka hoto ake te aroha i a Tū-rāhui ki te wā kāinga, ki Hawaiki (JPS 1913:176). / Tū-rāhui went outside to stroll about with the child. Then he looked at the sun rising on the horizon of the Pacific Ocean and the love for his home, for Hawaiki, suddenly overcame Tū-rāhui.
2. (verb) to begin.
Kua roa tātou e noho ana i te raru, engari kua hoto te ihirangi, ā, kua kotahi te waihoe (HM 3/1995:6). / For a long time we have been having trouble, but a new dawn has begun and we are now paddling in unison.
