hanumi
1. (verb) to be merged, mixed, homogenised, combined, swallowed up.
Ka hanumi te waro ki te kohu, ka pango te kiri o te tangata, ka rite hoki te awatea ki te pō, ka mau te tangata i te raiti hei raiti mōna i te awatea i ngā tiriti o Rānana (TP 2/1903:2). / When coal combines with the fog, one's skin becomes black and daylight is like night. A person carries a light in daytime in the streets of London.
Synonyms: tōpū, whakauruuru, pāhekoheko, nanu
2. (noun) mixing, interbreeding, intermarriage, merging.
Ko te hanumi o ētahi momo kurī he mea wetiweti rawa. / Interbreeding of some types of dogs is a very undesirable thing.
Synonyms: whakawhēranu, whakauruuru, whakaranu
