unu
1. (verb) (-hia) pull out, withdraw, draw out, extract.
He pēnei te āhua o tēnei rākau: he mea whakakoi tētahi pito, te pito i kāniwhatia, e tū ki te tangata ka whati atu ki roto i te tangata ina tū, ā ki te unuhia mai ka whati atu ki roto i te pito o te kāniwha, ka mau atu i roto i te tangata, ā mate atu i taua kāniwha te tangata (JPS 1919:94). / This weapon has this form: one end is sharpened and is barbed so that when it hits a person it breaks off inside the person and if it's withdrawn it breaks off at the barb and is retained inside the person, who dies from that barb.
Synonyms: maunu, unuunu, kohika, huhuti, huti, hutihuti, heu, kounu, auru, paunu, kōhiti, tākiri, kōwhiti, kume, whakatahi
2. (verb) (-hia) to pull off, put off, take off (clothes, etc.).
Ki te puta mai te wai, te huhuka rānei o te waha, kāti, tukua ki raro, kia tere te unu i ngā kākahu mākū, hoatu he kākahu maroke (TP 1/1904:11). / If liquid emerges or there's frothing of the mouth, then put her down, quickly take off the wet clothes and put on dry garments.
3. (verb) (-hia) to exempt, discharge, exclude.
Ka āhei te Kāwana, i runga i tana whakaaro tika, ki te unu i ngā here mō te tangata i rīhi i tētahi tekihana i tukua atu i raro i ngā tikanga o taua Ture (RT 2013:97). / The Governor, in his lawful opinion, is able to discharge the legal restrictions of a person leasing a section transferred under the provisions of that law.
4. (verb) (-hia) to surrender.
Kātahi ka tono a Cameron ki ngā kaiwawao o Ōrākau kia unu rātou (TTR 1990:46). / Then Cameron asked the defenders of Ōrākau to surrender.
5. (noun) withdrawal, extraction.
I te wā e kōkiritia ana te pōti nei, tukua ana e Paraire Tōmoana tana waea pānui ki a Rātana e whakahau ana i a ia kia mau tonu tana whakaute i a Ngata, me te unu hoki i a Moko i tōna tūranga whakataetaetanga (TTR 1998:114). / During this election campaign Paraire Tōmoana sent a telegram to Rātana demanding that he show respect to Ngata with the withdrawal of Moko from his electorate.
