hutihuti
1. (verb) (-a) to pull out, hoist, haul up, pull up, pluck (feathers and hair), fish.
Tāpukea ngā take o ngā rākau ki te maniua, engari kia tūpato kei hutihutia ngā pakiaka (TP 6/1908:11). / Cover round the bases of the trees with manure but be careful not to pull up the roots.
Synonyms: huhuti, huti, koko, whakatū, kōwhiti, kume, whakatahi, maunu, unuunu, kohika, heu, kounu, auru, paunu, kōhiti, tākiri, unu
2. (noun) a variety of kūmara.
Ko te whakapae, e toru o ēnei momo kūmara, arā, te taputini, te rekamaroa, te hutihuti – nō mua i te taenga o te Pākehā ki Aotearoa (Te Ara 2013). / The suggestion is that three of these varieties of kūmara – taputini, rekamaroa and hutihuti – are from before European arrival in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
