kauhau

1. (verb) (-tia) to lecture, preach.

Nō te rā hāpati i kauhau ai a Te Karaiti, i roto i ngā whare karakia (TP 8/1904:8). / On the sabbath day Christ preached in the churches.

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Synonyms: kauwhau

2. (verb) (-tia) to recite, proclaim.

Ā rāua kōrero e kauhau nei mō Rangi rāua ko Papa (White 1 1887:157). / Their account in which they proclaim about Rangi and Papa.

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Synonyms: paki, kauwhau, tauākī, pānui, tātaku, taki, tapa, whakahua, whakahuahua, whakataki, takitaki

3. (noun) sermon, lecture, address.

Nāna te kauhau mō te rā (HP 1991:88). / He delivered the sermon for the day.

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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.

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Synonyms: tātai, kaha, kauhou, kauwhau

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