Huri (i). 1. v.t. Turn round. Ka karanga a Kahuki, “Hurihia te waka.” Huri i te takapau, a rite for removing tapu after a battle or other important undertaking. Ka whangaia ki te atua, ka hurihia te hurihanga takapau (T. 22). Ka mahia e nga tohunga nga karakia purenga me te hurihanga takapau (J. xx, 24).
2. Overturn.
3. Overflow, overwhelm. Katahi ka hurihia te whenua e te moana (W.M. viii, 90).
4. Grind, (mod.) Me kawe nga witi nei kia hurihia.
5. v.i. Turn. Ka huri mai ou mata (S. ii, 27).
6. Revolve. Huri ana te po, huri ana te ao (M. 221).
7. Overflow Paheke nui ana, ko te ia e huri o Taupo ra (M. 70).
8. Betake oneself, repair. Haka tonu, a, ka mutu, ka huri ki te whare (T. 194). Katahi te manuhiri nei ka huri ki runga i te waka, ka hoe(T. 186).
9. Turn to, set about. Ka huri te Patupaiarehe ki te tango i nga ngohi ki uta (T. 179).
10. In the expression ka huri tenei, or ka huri, which marks the end of a subject, letter, etc. (mod.).
11. n. Fascine of fern, etc., to turn fish to a weir.
12. Mill, grindstone, or anything which revolves, (mod.)
hurihuri. 1. v.t. Turn over in one's mind, ponder, reflect upon. Na reira i hurihuri ai te ngakau o te hunga i ora, kua pau ano pea i a Tangaroamihi nga tira haere (T. 157).
2. Turn over. Hurihuri. ika, some ceremony performed with a dead body. Ka mutu te patu kei te hurihuri i nga ika tapu (T. 91). E mate au kawea au ki waho whakahahake ai, hei ika hurihuri mau (Tuhoro's parting instruction to his son Ihenga).
3. v.i. Turn over and over. Moe hunhuri ai taku moe ki te whare (M. 186).
4. Be overspread. I rite etahi ki te whewhe, a ka roa te pakarutanga, ka pauku haere, a kua hurihuri noa te takapu katoa. (The whole calf of his leg was covered with sores.)
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Huri (ii), n. 1. Seed. He tangi na Te Kahukore mo tana kete huri i pirau (M. 16).
2. Young shoot, sprout. E kore e rite ki te ti, ka tapahia tona tinana, ka tupu ake nga huri (P. 3). ‖ mahuri.
hurihuri, n. Growth of young shoots. E tiu ra ki te muri, e, nga hurihuri manuia i raro o Tumutara, nga rakau tu iho i runga Ihoweka (M. 63).
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