2. (noun) will-o'-the-wisp, Ignis fatuus - a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
Ka kitea te unahiroa i runga i te taiepa e pekepeke haere ana, he aituā (W 1971:467). / When the will-o'-the-wisp is seen on the paddock jumping about, it is an ill omen.
See also tūtutupō
