kamu
1. (verb) (-a) to eat, munch, close (the mouth), shut (the mouth).
Āta kamua te ika nā, mō te tūpono he poroiwi kei roto (PK 2008:203). / Eat that fish carefully in case you come across bones in it.
Synonyms: kaikai
2. (noun) taking of the pigment (of moko).
He pai nō ngā wai whakataerangi i tere ai te kamu; arā, te mau atu ki te kiri (JPS 1904:169). / Because the sap was good the uptake of the pigment was rapid; that is the permanency on the skin.
