pūtahoro
1. (noun) long wooden trumpet - from 1 to 2 metres in length and made of wood and bound with vine. The mouthpiece was a finely carved human figure, and about 8 centimeters inside the cylinder was a tongue or valve of wood called tohetohe.
He kaiwhakatangitangi tino pai rawa atu a Hēni, ahakoa piana, ahakoa kōriana, ahakoa wairingi, pūtahoro hoki (TTR 1998:227). / Hēni was a talented musician, whether it be the piano, accordion, violin or clarinet.
See also pūkāea
2. (noun) clarinet.
