Kahukura, n. 1. The atua of the rainbow. Ka tika te haere a nga atua, a Kahukura, a Itupawa, a Rongomai (T. 83).
2. Rainbow. Ko kahukura e tiwhana mai ra.—Ka pa ianei he kahukura tu (P. 42).
3. Butterfly, probably the red admiral, Vanessa gonerilla. Kua tukua mai e ia tana karere, hai tiki mai i tona aria, te ingoa ko kahukura. = kakahukura.
4. A garment. ‖ kahu, 2.
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