toihau
1. (noun) supreme head, noble leader, paramount chief, commissioner.
Ka hokia anō te karakia a Te Tāpihana. Ka pātai ia, "He aha?" Ka whakautua e te rangatira nō Waikato, "He Toihau." (Wh4 2004:14). / Te Tāpihana repeated the incantation, asking, "What?" A Waikato chief responded, "A Noble Leader."
Synonyms: kāhu tātara, tumu whakarae, ariki, ariki taungaroa, ariki tapairu, ariki tauaroa
2. (noun) commander.
Ko tana tama tuarua ko Kānara Eruera Te Whiti Love te Māori tuatahi i whakatūria hei toihau mō te Ope Taua Māori 28 o Aotearoa (TTR 1996:76). / Her second son, Colonel Edward Te Whiti Love, was the first Māori commander of the 28th New Zealand Māori Battalion.
