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hūmaeko

1. (noun) tail of a bird, tail feather.

Ka hoki mai a Manu-korihi me tōna iwi ki tō rātou nei kāinga, ki Whiti-ānaunau, me ngā huruhuru o ngā manu nei, o te kakerangi, o te kohiwai, o te kohirangi, koia nei ngā huruhuru hūmaeko i riro mai i a rātau (JPS 31:121:20-21). / Manu-korihi and his people returned to their home at Whiti-ānaunau with the feathers of these birds, the kakerangi, the kohiwai and the kohirangi - these were the tail feathers that they obtained.

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