hahu
1. (verb) (-a) to dig up, disinter, exhume.
Ka kitea e ia te wāhi, arā, te urupā o Te Kooti, ā, ka riro māna tonu e hahu, e kohikohi ngā wheua, ā, māna e hari atu ki Tūranga (TTT 1/3/1924:12). / He found the place, that is the burial place of Te Kooti, and it would be for him to disinter and collect the bones and he would take them to Gisborne.
See also hahunga
2. (noun) exhumation, disinterment, digging up, unearthing.
I whakahaere te mahi a te iwi i runga i ngā tikanga katoa onamata o te Māori mō te hahu tūpāpaku (TTT 1/3/1922:6). / The task of the people was conducted according to all the Māori customary practices of former times for exhuming bodies.
