hunuhunu

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to singe, scorch, char, grill, plunder, pillage, maltreat.

I Ingarangi kotahi te wahine haurangi i hunuhunu i tana tamaiti ake, ka mate (KO 15/10/1884:9). / In England a drunk woman scorched her own child who died.

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Synonyms: hūhunu, marure, tūkino, pārure, maukino, tunuhuruhuru, pāhua, pāhuahua, rurerure, mūrei, muru, kōhunu, hone, whakarekereke, romi

2. (verb) to scout, reconnoitre.

Te kitenga atu i a Te Arawa e haere mai ana, kātahi ka tukua ētahi o rātou hei hunuhunu (TWM 28/5/1864:2). / When they saw Te Arawa coming, some of them were sent to reconnoitre.

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Synonyms: hūhunu, toro, pūrahorua, tāpae, tūtai, tūtei, torotoro, ārohi

3. (noun) decoy.

He taniwha a Hotupuku i noho ki te mānia o Kaingaroa. Nāwai, ka tukuna ētahi hunuhunu ki te whakapātaritari i a ia (Te Ara 2014). / Hotupuku was a taniwha that lived on the Kāingaroa Plains. After a time, some decoys were sent to provoke it.

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