kehu
1. (stative) be brown, reddish, reddish-brown.
Ko te uru, he kehu, arā, i āhua whero, ā, kāhore i tikitikia; he mea puhipuhi kia pūhihi, ā nui noa atu te āhua pokuru, me te āhua whanewhane nei i te tū mai (JPS 1896:4). / Their hair was also light-coloured, that is reddish, and never bound up in a top-knot, it was bunched out to be stiff, and appeared in lumps (or tufts), and they looked irritable as they stood there.
Synonyms: pākā, pākākā, whero, mākurakura, kaho, pūwhero, pūwherowhero, wherowhero, whewhero, kuratea, mawera
