whakahotuhotu
1. (verb) (-tia) to pant, gasp, make a mournful sound.
Kua rongo hoki ahau i te reo, me te mea nō te wahine e whānau ana, he mamae, me te mea ko tana mātāmua e puta ana, ko te reo o te tamāhine a Hiona e whakahotuhotu ana (PT Heremaia 4:31). / For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself.
Synonyms: tūngāngā, kuhakuha, mapumapu, mapu, whakaaeaea, taretare, hotu, kahekahe, huatare, kihakiha, ngaingai
