kauhuri
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to turn bottom upwards, flip over, dig, turn over the soil, swing on a pivot (as a door), flip over.
Ko Ira kē ki te kauhuri i tā māua māra, me ētahi anō o aku whanaunga (HP 1991:261). / It was Ira instead who dug over our garden, along with some of my other relatives.
2. (modifier) swinging on a pivot (as a door).
Ka tae mai pea te Pākehā, ka mōhio te Māori ki te tatau kauhuri. / When the Pākehā arrived the Māori probably learnt about doors that swing.
3. (noun) cultivation.
Ko te iwi kaha atu tēnei mō te kauhuri i te whenua ki te hāpara (TPH 15/11/1900:5). / These people are very skilled in the cultivation of the land with the shovel.
4. (noun) hinge.
