kaunoti hikahika
1. (noun) fire generating stick - usually of māhoe wood and used for making fire by rubbing briskly with a pointed stick, usually of kaikōmako.
Te kaunoti hikahika: He rākau, ukuia ai te mata ki tētahi rākau e takoto ake ana i raro, ko te kauati, ka hikahikatia e tērā i runga, ā, kā noa he ahi (M 2006:90). / The fire generating stick: A stick which was rubbed on the surface of another piece of wood lying on the ground, called a 'kauati', which was rubbed back and forth with the first stick until a fire was started.
