nehe
1. (location) ancient times.
Ko tētahi kōrero i rongo anō mātou i te hui, ko te kōrero mō tētahi tikanga o nehe (HM 2/2009:10). / An account we heard at the conference was about a custom from ancient times.
See also neherā
2. (personal noun) elderly man, elderly women - used of elderly people, often as a term of address.
I whakamārama mai a nehe mā i piki ētahi mā te toi huarewa ki te toi o ngā rangi, arā ki tō runga rawa o ngā rangi tūhāhā (TTT 1/8/1923:6). / The old men and women explained that some climbed via the suspended way to the uppermost heaven, that is the the highest of the spaced heavens.
Synonyms: pou, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke
