houhou
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to dig up, obtain by digging.
Kei Te Tararo, kei Remuera, kei Tāmaki, kei Papakura, ā, kei ngā tini tāone o ngā hōia kaumātua, e houhou ana te tupu o ngā kai, e hūmārie ana te āhua (MM.TKM 1/1/1855:5). / At Epsom, Remuera, Tāmaki, Papakura, and the various military pensioner settlements, the plantings of crops are being dug up and all is beautiful.
2. (verb) (-a) to put holes in, chop into pieces.
Ehara, totohu tonu iho ngā waka kua houhoua rā hoki ngā waka waiho kia pūtārera ana (TP 1/1913:2). / Heavens, the canoes sank immediately because holes had been chopped into them so that they were in splinters.