pōnaho
1. (adjective) be small, diminutive.
Heoi, e noho hemo kai ana ngā tāngata o Waikato i tēnei takiwā; ko te kai mā ngā tamariki he pūhā, he roi, he pōnaho rīwai kai poaka nei (MM.TKM 15/11/1859:3). / However, the people of Waikato are starving at this time; the food for the children is sowthistle, fern root and small potatoes that pigs eat.
2. (noun) fry of the yellow-eyed mullet, young of Aldrichetta forsteri - silvery fish with greenish-to-bluish tinge or olive-grey on back, pale yellow tinge below. Body elongated and cylindrical with pointed head and snout. Two dorsal fins. Common in sheltered estuaries and harbours.
See also aua
