pāhau
1. (noun) beard, moustache.
Ina rā, te pūhutihuti me te mā o ngā makawe, te kikorangi o ngā whatu, te tāroaroa o te hanga, te paipa i te waha, he pāhau te kanohi, me tana kāmeta mau haere tonu e pūhia ana e te hau kaha o Pōneke (TTR 3:188). / Tall, bearded, with a shock of white hair and blue eyes, pipe in mouth, ever-present scarf flicking about in Wellington's stiffer breezes, he was instantly recognisable (DNZB 3:493).
See also paihau
2. (noun) whalebone, baleen - plates of whalebone in the mouth of toothless whales for straining plankton from the water.
Synonyms: pāhautea, hihi, hihi tohorā
