ahi whakaene
1. (noun) fire for mākutu rites - rites performed by a tohunga to destroy a person by slaying the āhua or semblance of a person causing death.
Ka tahuna te ahi whakaene, ka karakia te tohunga, ka hoatu te taio makawe (W 1971:27). / The mākutu fire was lit, the tohunga performed ritual chants, and a lock of hair was thrown in.
