2. (verb) to fast (go without food), diet.
Kei roto tātou i ngā rā Reneti e whakahaua nei te Hāhi me nohopuku tātou (TTT 1/3/1929:937). / We are in the days of Lent when the Church is commanded that we must fast.
3. (modifier) silent, quiet, taciturn, reserved, uncommunicative.
Synonyms: whakamōwai, konekone, whakatōngā, tāpui, rāhui, memeke, whakaroau, mū, noho ngutu kau, ngū, mōhū, whakakeke, haumūmū, whakamārire, whakamāria, whakamārie, nguengue, wahangū, tōngā, māika, māhaki, rangimārie, maho, hū, rata, hūnguengue, hāngū, rarata, mārire
4. (modifier) fasting, dieting.
5. (noun) silence.
Ka whakaritea ngā tāngata pēnei ki te kūkū i ngā wā o te nohopuku (TAH 21:42). / At times when people are silent they are likened to a New Zealand pigeon.
Synonyms: whakangū, whakamūmū, haumūmūtanga
6. (noun) fasting, dieting.
Kōrero ai a Orikena mō te nohopuku i ngā rā e 40 i mua o te rā Aranga (TTT 1/3/1929:937). / Origen spoke about fasting for 40 days before Easter Day.
