pūhoi
1. (verb) to be slow, sluggish, unhurried.
E pūhoi ana mātou ki te whakamutu i te puta o te pepa ki te tangata, otirā kaua hoki koutou e pūhoi ki te tuku mai i tā koutou (TP 1/6/1902:4). / We are unhurried about ending the sending of the paper to people, soyou should not be slow to send your subscription.
2. (adjective) be dull.
Kua mātotoru hoki te ngākau o tēnei iwi, he pūhoi ngā taringa ki te whakarongo, ō rātou kanohi kua whakamoea e rātou (PT Nga Mahi 28:27). / For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed.
3. (modifier) blunt, blunted.
