2. (noun) mourning wreath (for the head), chaplet - garland of greenery worn by female mourners at a tangihanga.
Kātahi ka whatiwhati i ngā rau o te rākau, he whiro e tupu ana i te taha o te rori, ka hangā hei tauā mō tana māhunga (TWK 27:36). / Then she broke off leaves of a tree, a willow growing beside the road, and made a mourning wreath for her head.
Synonyms: pare kawakawa
