hunahuna
1. (verb) (-ia) to hide, conceal (a number of things).
I hiahia ētahi o ngā tāngata o Tikopia ki te haere mai i runga i te tima, i hunahuna ētahi, engari he pirihimana anō ō rātou hei tirotiro, hei whakahoki (TP 1/1909:4). / Some of the people of Tikopia wanted to travel on the ship and some hid, but they have policemen to look for and return them.
2. (modifier) rarely seen, seldom seen, hidden.
He hōkioi i runga, ngā manu hunahuna, kāore i kitea e te tini, e te mano (M 2005:384). / They are hōkioi above, birds seldom seen and not seen by the thousands, by the multitude.
