hamuhamu
1. (verb) to eat leftovers, scavenge, eat scraps of food.
Ka hemo i te kai, ka haere ki ngā pae o ngā umu rā, hamuhamu ai, ka kite i te mānga aruhe e takoto ana, ka noho, ka kai (TP 6/1909:3). / Being hungry she went to the vicinity of those ovens to scavenge food and when she saw the leftover fern-root lying there, she sat down and ate.
Synonyms: hamu
2. (noun) scavenger.
Synonyms: hamu