hamumu
1. (verb) to speak, say, utter - used in classical Māori as though the body part is doing the action, rather than the person.
Kātahi ra anō ka hamumu atu te māngai o tuawahine ki te kuia raka, ka mea atu ia, "Kei whea koia te kāinga o Te Whatuiāpiti?" (NM 1928:138). / Then finally our heroine spoke to that elderly woman and she asked, "Just where is Te Whatuiāpiti's home?"
Synonyms: mea, pepeha, wani, whakahua, kīkī, puaki, kī, kōrero
2. (verb) (-tia) to mutter, hum, mumble.
Ki te roa rawa te karakia, me hamumu tō waha, me tūwaharoa, me ngetengete rānei (TP 1/11/1899:11). / If the service is too long you should hum, yawn or make a clicking sound.
Synonyms: whakatanguru, komeme, pararāwaha, kumeme, kōwhetewhete, hāmeme, hāmumumumu, hāwata, pātīhau, whetewhete
3. (noun) mumble, mutter, mumbling, muttering.
Ka kitea te hamumu a tuawahine i te taringa o tōna hoa, engari kīhai i rangona (RMR 2017). / The principal female character was observed mumbling into the ear of her companion, but she couldn't be heard.
Synonyms: muhumuhu
4. (noun) statement.
Ko te take o ana hamumu, nō tō rāua tautohe i te matenga o Te Rangi-iri-hau, he kī nā Makino nāna te tūpāpaku, tautohe rāua kua whakatuma tētehi me tētehi (JPS 1893:229). / The reason for his words was a quarrel they had about the death of Te Rangi-iri-hau, when Makino said that he had killed him; so they argued and threatened one another.
