hou
1. (verb) (houhia) to bind, lash together, make peace (e.g. hohou rongo).
I te tau 1833, ka haere a Te Wiremu ki Matamata, kia kite i a Te Waharoa, kia houhia te rongo ki a Ngāti Maru (TPH 27/3/1905:2). / In 1833 Williams went to Matamata to see Te Waharoa and to establish peace with Ngāti Maru.
See also houhanga a rongo
Synonyms: hohou, whawhau, tahua, hohou rongo, hohou te rongo, hohou i te rongo, houhou
