kihi
1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to kiss.
Ko te kāpene o runga i tētahi manuao i mau herehere nei i a Merika, i mua atu o te haringa i taua kāpene ki Merika, poroporoaki ana ia ki ōna hēramana, nui ana te tangi, kihi ana ki ō rātou kakī me rātou hoki tangi ana ki tō rātou kāpene (TJ 19/7/1898:4). / Before the captain of a warship taken prisoner by America was transported to America, he farewelled his sailors, great was the lamentation with him kissing their necks with them also crying over their captain.
2. (loan) (noun) kiss, kissing.
Ko ngā patu a te hoa aroha he mea nā te pono: ko ngā kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa (PT Nga Whakatauki 27:6). / Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Synonyms: momi
