huna
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to conceal, hide.
Ka kitea ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki, koroua, kuia, e huna ana i roto i ngā haemanga o ngā hukitau o ngā wai i ngā wāhi kino (JPS 1911:24). / The women, children, elderly men and elderly women were found hiding in the ravines and headwaters of the streams in difficult places.
See also mahi huna
2. (verb) (-a,-ia) destroy, lay waste.
Heoi anō, kātahi ka kitea, auē, he taniwha te mea e huna nei i te tangata o tēnei huarahi (NM 1928:127). / And so then it was discovered that it was a taniwha that was destroying the people on this road.
3. (verb) to be concealed, unnoticed.
Ehara, kātahi anō ka kitea te tini tāngata e huna nei ki roto i te arearenga o ngā poho o Rangi rāua ko Papa (NM 1928:2). / Sure enough, finally the multitude of people were seen hidden in the cavity of the chests of Rangi and Papa.
