3. (noun) sermon, lecture, address.
Nāna te kauhau mō te rā (HP 1991:88). / He delivered the sermon for the day.
Synonyms: kauwhau
4. (noun) line of ancestry.
Ko ia hoki te ariki o ngā ariki, arā, ko tōna pāpā te mātāmua, ko Rakauri te tama tuatahi a Tuamatua, uri o Te Heketanga-rangi, koinei te kauhau ariki, ko Ngātoro-i-rangi rāua ko Tama-te-kapua, o tāwāhi mai, ā, tae noa ki tēnei motu (JPS 1893:225). / And he was the first-born of the first-born, that is to say, his father Rakauri was the first son of Tuamatua, offspring of Te Heketanga-rangi; this is the noble line of descent, Ngātoro-i-rangi and Tama-te-kapua, from across the seas even to this island.