āhere
1. (verb) (-tia) to catch birds using snares, fix snares.
Ka āheretia ngā waka wai, ka āheretia ngā manga o ngā miro, ngā manga e pai ana hei iringa mō ngā māhanga (JPS 1895:133). / The snares are placed on the water troughs, as well as on such of the branches of the miro trees and the trees that are suitable for hanging the snares.
2. (noun) snare (noose for catching birds).
E toru ngā tino ritenga patu mō tenei manu, mō te kererū: te tuatahi he tūtū; te tuarua he āhere (māhanga); te tuatoru he tāhere (wero) (JPS 1895:132). / There are three methods used for catching this bird, the kererū - the first is the tūtū, the second the āhere, the third the tāhere.
