huka
1. (noun) snow, foam, froth - also a general term for any of the other white forms of precipitation, i.e hail and frost.
I āwangawanga ngā tohunga e kore e pai te eropereina ki te rere ki te pito o te ao nō te mea i te nui o te huka ka pērā ano hoki te hinu o roto o te mīhini (TTT 1/2/1928:731). / The experts were concerned that the plane will not function flying to the Pole because of the amount of snow will cause the engine's oil to freeze.
Ka tata ki te ritenga ki Ruapehu ka tīmata te ua, kātahi anō ka rere te hukātara, titiro rawa atu ki te whenua e rere ana, pēnei tonu me te kōwhitiwhiti nei te āhua o te huka e rere ana i roto i te otaota (TPH 20/3/1905:3). / When we approached the vicinity of Ruapehu it began to rain, then hail fell and looking at the ground as we were travelling the hail was like grasshoppers moving in the grass.
