2. (verb) to search, seek.
Hīnana ki uta, hīnana ki tai (Te Ara 2015). / Search the land and sea. (The name of an elaborately carved storehouse of Ngāti Tūwharetoa built by Iwikau Te Heuheu. Also the name of a hui held at Pūkawa when the Kīngitanga was being set up.)
Synonyms: kimi, paraketu, haha, hure, rapu, rapunga, puretumu, whakarapu, rangahau, rapa, raparapa, kimikimi, hāhau, pōrangi
3. (modifier) angry-looking.
Ko wai ka pīrangi whakahoahoa atu ki te tangata mata hīnana (HJ 2012:268). / Who wants to make friends with a person with an angry-looking face.
