kōhiti - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

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kōhiti

1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to select, pull out, pick, choose.

See also kōwhiti

Synonyms: kōwhiti, whawhati, katokato, kōwhiri, whiriwhiri, pika, kato, kōhari, kōwaewae, kōwae, kaiwhiri, māhiti, auru, paunu, huhuti, kohika, unuunu, maunu, whakatahi, kume, unu, tākiri, huti, hutihuti, heu, kounu

2. (verb) to appear (of stars and the moon), rise.

I te takurua, ka kōhiti a Matariki ki te rangi i te ata hāpara (Te Ara 2015). / In winter, Matariki (the Pleiades) rises in the sky at dawn.

Synonyms: ea, pupū, hī, whanake, taki, manana, kakenga

3. (noun) new moon.

Whiro: He rā kino, ka ea te kōhiti, arā, te marama hōu (Te Ara 2015). / Whiro: An unpleasant day, when the new moon appears.

Synonyms: Whitireia, kōwhiti, pewa

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