ākahukahu
1. (verb) to be indistinct, scarcely visible, abstruse.
E hāngai ana a Waipunarangi ki te ua, ā, ki te ākahukahu te āhua o te whetū nei, ka kaha kē atu te hekenga o te ua i taua tau i ō ētahi atu, ā, he waipuke ka matapaetia (Matariki 2017:60). / Waipunarangi is concerned with rain and if this star has an indistinctive appearance then the rainfall that year will be greater than in other years, and floods will be predicted.