hauhau
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) (hāua) to strike, chop, hit repeatedly with a weapon or implement, bat.
Nō te matenga o Paurini, he rangatira nō Ngāti Tūwharetoa, i Te Pōrere i Oketopa, ka rere atu te pouaru ki a Kawepō, kātahi ka hāua atu ā muri o te māhunga ki te patu (TTR 1990:31). / When Paurini, a chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, was killed at Te Pōrere in October, the widow leapt at Kawepō and clubbed him on the back of his head.
Synonyms: rākau
2. (noun) bludgeoning, clubbing, striking, hitting.
E ai ki a Paipai, ka wehewehea ngā tānga o rātou hei whaiwhai i te moa kia ngenge. Kia pau te hau i te omanga, kua ngāwari noa iho te hauhau kia mate (TTR 1990:94). / According to Paipai, they were divided into relays to pursue the moa so they became exhausted. When they were tired from running away, clubbing them to death was quite easy.
3. (noun) bludgeon, club, baton, truncheon, cudgel, stick for hitting things.
Kāore i roa e whakatangi ana i tana pepe, ka tau atu he manu ki te pae, kātahi ka hāua ki te hauhau manu (PK 2008:87). / He hadn't been playing his leaf for imitating bird calls for long before a bird landed on the perch and then it was struck with a stick for killing birds.
Synonyms: matire
