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article: a, the (extremely rare, seems very ancient) a ai hu pahu era? whose box is that?
hú
  1. to catch fire, to burn (of fire); ku hú á te ahi, the fire is burning.
  2. to blow strongly (of wind).
  3. to be furious, in a rage, to be mad (angry); ku hú á tou tagata hoônui era kia au, that important man is mad at me.
hua
  1. testicle.
  2. figuratively: son; hua tahi, only son (no brothers, but may have sisters); fruits of the earth; to grow well (of fruits).
  3. to cause a fight, a quarrel.
hua-ai
generation, as lineage of direct descendents; contemporaries.
huahua
coccyx of bird, "parson's nose": huahua moa, huahua uha.
huataru
a creeper (Chenopodium ambiguum).
hue
to congregate, to get together; huega, meeting, reunion of persons, heap, pile of things; hue hau, ball of string.
huehue
a fish, with a round body, dark back, and light belly.
hugahuga
reduced to a powder, to splinters, to granules.
hugamoa
pauper, destitute (for want of external help, and for being incapable or unwilling to work); dependent (person supported, and living in someone else's home).
hugaru
salt-encrusted (of skin, after a prolonged bath in the sea): hugaru á tooku hakari i te hopuhaga i te vai kava, my body is covered in salt from having bathed in the sea.
hugavai
mother-in-law, father-in-law.
huhá
thigh.
huhatu
to be tired (subject: hakari, body); ku huhata á te hakari. [Note the discrepancy between entry and example __ it is not possible to tell which is a misprint].
huhu
  1. to take off one's clothes with a pull, in one go.
  2. to lose weight, to become thin, weak: huhu á te hakari.
huhú
garland of bird-feathers; such were used to adorn the boat of the king (ariki henua).
huhure
to peel, to shell (fruit, eggs, etc.).
huhuti
to uproot.
huira
to shine, to glitter.
huira-ûi-ariga
mirror, looking-glass.
huira-mata
binoculars.
huka
insolent, cheeky (=hakxaariga): ina koe ekó huka mai, don't you be cheeky with me; to resist stubbornly, to oppose: ina koe ekó huka nó, e hakarogo tako'a kia au, you musn't just oppose, you should also pay attention to me.
hukahuka
firewood.
huki
  1. pole attached to the poop from which the fishing-net is suspended: huki kupega.
  2. digging stick.
  3. to set vertically, to stand (vt.).
  4. huki á te mahina, said of the new moon when both its horns have become visible.
hukia
to feel sudden stabbing pains in some part of one's body, an omen of success, or of a visitor; hunch, intuition, foreboding, premonition.
humu
thighs; tattoos on the thigh muscles or on the calf muscles.
hune
to put on a loin-cloth: ka hune toou hami, put on your loin-cloth (hune was not used for the article of clothing, the cape called nua).
hunoga
son-in-law, daughter-in-law.
hupe
dew; i te hupe hoa ena i te pó, he ora te kai, thanks to the dew that fell during the night, the plants were refreshed.
hupe'e
snot.
hupehue
lazy, slack.
hura
  1. to fish with a small funnel-shaped net tied to the end of a pole. This fishing is done from the shore; fishing with the same net, but swimming, is called tukutuku.
  2. to be active, to get moving when working: ka hura, ka aga! come on, get moving! to work!
  3. tagata gutu hura, a flatterer, a flirt, a funny person, a witty person.
hurahura
to dance, to swing.
hurehure
see huhure.
huri
  1. to turn (vt.), to overthrow, to knock down: huri moai, the overthrowing of the statues from their ahus during the period of decadence on the island.
  2. to pour a liquid from a container: ka huri mai te vai, pour me some water.
  3. to end a lament, a mourning: he huri i te tagi, ina ekó tagi hakaou, with this the mourning [for the deceased] is over, there shall be no more crying.
  4. new shoot of banana: huri maîka.
hurihuri
to capsize.
huru
custom, tradition, behaviour, manners, situation, circumstances; poki huru hare, child who stays inside (to keep a fair complexion); te huru o te tagata rivariva, a fine person's behaviour; pehé te huru o Hiva? what is the situation on the mainland?
huruhuru
plumage, feathers (the short feathers, not the tail feathers), fleece of sheep.
huti
to manage the handling of the kupega fishing-net; person who directs the handling of the net: maori huti, expert in fishing with the kupega.