kauhou
1. (noun) line of ancestry, lineage, genealogy.
Ka rere koe he kauhou ariki, nā Hinemakaho, nā Rongotehengia, nā Kahutia-te-rangi, tangata i titia ki Tītīrangi (M 2005:110). / You descend from a noble lineage, from Hinemakaho, from Rongotehengia, from Kahutia-te-rangi who was raised at Tītīrangi.
Synonyms: tātai, kāwei, kaha, kāwai, kākano, whakapapa, kauwhau, kauhau
