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puehu

1. (verb) (-tia) to get dusty, turbid, hazy.

Tutū ana te moana, ā puehu ana te rangi i te heihei o te moana (W 1971:44). / The sea is churned up and the sky is hazy from the spray of the sea.

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2. (noun) dust.

Tau rawa ake te puehu, e tīraha ana te ika huirua o Maungapōhatu. Ko Te Māipi Te Whiu tētahi, ko Toko tētahi (TTR 1996:133). / When the dust settled (i.e. when the fighting was over), two people of Maungapōhatu lay dead. Te Māipi Te Whiu was one and the other was Toko.

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3. (noun) silt.

Ahakoa he puehu, he nui te tuna (HP 1991:27). / Although there was silt, there were lots of eels.

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Synonyms: parahuhu, kenepuru, parahua, parakiwai


4. (noun) pollen.

Ka unuhia te waihonga harakeke, ka whakaemia te puehu o te raupō hei poke parāoa (Te Ara 2012). / Nectar was taken from flax and cakes were made from raupō (bullrush) pollen.

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Synonyms: renga, nehu, hae

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