2. (modifier) threaded on a stick or string.
Nā kua kitea te amoamo o te tuna kaui (JPS 1910:198). / Then they saw the eels strung up on a pole being carried on the shoulders of two men.
3. (noun) string of things on a thin stick or string.
Ka titiro atu te ope rā ki te tangata whenua e amo ana i te kaui tuna, e waha ana i te rautao, i te wahie (W 1971:106). / That party looked at the local people shouldering strings of eels on poles and carrying hāngī leaves and firewood on their backs.
4. (noun) mobile.
Inā te rerehua o te kaui ki tāku titiro, nā te kitakita o ngā tae (RTA 2014:99). / In my observation, the appeal of the mobile is the intensity of the colours.
