āhukahuka
1. (verb) to resemble, nearly coincide, look like.
Ko te mea i neke ake, ko Rarotonga. Ko te iwi tēnei i āhukahuka mai te reo ki tō konei reo (MM.TKM 1/1856:11). / The one we moved to next was Rarotonga. This is the people whose language is similar to the language here.
Synonyms: āhukahuka, kauāwhīwhiwhi, rite, āwhiwhiwhi, āhuahua, ariariā, kāhukahuka
2. (verb) to become acquainted with.
Ki taku whakaaro hoki ka whakapākehā katoa te tangata māori o te motu nei - ngā tāngata anō ia kua āhukahuka ki ngā mahi a te Pākehā ko rātou anō e mātau (TWMNT 3/7/1872:89). / And in my opinion the native people of this country should become Europeanised - but the people who have become acquainted with the ways of the Pākehā are the knowledgeable ones.
3. (verb) to recognise.
I āhukahuka atu ahau i taku tirohanga atu ki te tangata rā (W 1971:4). / When I looked at that man I recognised him.
4. (verb) to get near, approach.
Kīhai i āhukahuka te kaiwhai, kīhai i aha (W 1971:4). / The pursuer could not get close, or do anything.
