kuhukuhu
1. (verb) (-a,-na,-ngia) to enter, go in, join - of a number of separate people or times.
Tatū rawa iho ki te tau 1966, e 38 ōrau o ngā kaimahi kākahu, pūweru hoki, he Māori i kuhukuhu ki ngā uniana (Te Ara 2016). / By 1966 38% of the clothing and textile workers were Māori who had joined the unions.
Synonyms: tāpiri, whakauru, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, hono, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono
2. (verb) (-a,-na,-ngia) to put on several things (as clothes).
Ka āta kuhukuhu te wahine rā i ana kākahu whakapaipai (NIT 1995:167). / That woman carefully put on her finest clothes.
3. (noun) entering, participating in - of a number of separate people or times.
Ka tīmata te kuhukuhu a te Māori ki ngā mahi whai utu i te wā ka paheke te kaha o ngā iwi (Te Ara 2016). / The entry of the Māori into paid employment began at the time the tribes declined.
