hauhake
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-tia) to harvest, take up a root crop, dig up (a root crop).
Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana (TP 10/1909:4). / Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.
2. (modifier) harvesting, harvest.
Ka tae ki te wā hauhake i te māra kūmara, ā, ka hauhakena (NIT 1995:57). / The time for harvesting the kūmara garden arrived and the kūmara were dug up.
3. (noun) harvest.
Kia tae ki te wā o te hauhake he kōneke te waka kawekawe i ngā kai ki te rua kūmara, ki te pākoro hoki (TWK 54:31). / When the time of the harvest arrives a sledge is the vehicle to transport the food to the kūmara pit and the storage place.
