unahi
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to scale (fish).
Ka whakaū ngā poti ki ngā wāpu i te ata, ki te ope ki uta i ngā ika i haoa i te pō. Hohoro tonu te ao i ngā kōheru ki te kete, me te whiu ki uta, kia unahia, kia whakamaroketia, kia taka e tētahi tini tāne wāhine hoki (THM 1/4/1888:1). / The boats dock at the wharves in the morning to land the fish caught in the night. Quickly the herrings are scooped into baskets, and swung ashore, to be scaled, cured, and packed by immense numbers of men and women.
Synonyms: inohi
2. (noun) scale (fish).
He ngārara nui whakaharahara a Te Ngārara Huarau. I tahuna a ia kia mate. Heoi, ka puea ōna unahi me tōna hiku ka huri hei mokomoko (Te Ara 2013). / Te Ngārara Huarau was a giant reptile that was burned alive. However, its scales and tail escaped and turned into lizards.
3. (noun) parabola.
Ko te unahi te āhua o te mata ina tapahia tētahi koeko kia whakarara te tapahanga ki te rōnaki o te taha o te koeko. Koia anō te āhua o te kauwhata o tētahi whārite pūrua (TRP 2010:304). / A parabola is the shape of the face produced when a cone is cut parallel to its slope. It is also the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation (TRP 2010:304).
