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huhu

1. (verb) (-tia) to strip off (a covering), cast off (a rope).


2. (verb) (-a) to free from tapu.

I te taenga atu ka kawea ki te wai ki te whakaruku i a ia, e haere tapu tonu ana mai i te tanumanga i a Tamatekapua; kātahi ka huhua, ka noa (NM 1928:67). / When they arrived they were taken to the water to be cleansed because they were still tapu from the burial of Tamatekapua; then they were freed from tapu and in the state of noa.

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