Hao. 1. v.t. Draw a net, etc., round anything. He hokinga mai no nga waka o tona iwi i te hao kupenga ika (T. 141). ‖ whao, kowhao.
2. Catch in a net, enclose. Kei te hao inanga, kei te rou kakahi hei o ki te taiapu (T. 157). Haoa koe te kupenga (M. 369). Ka pu te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi (P.).
3. Make a clean sweep of anything. Tawhiti hao, a rat trap having several entrances.
4. Capture a fortress.
5. Grasp greedily.
6. Be eager for, consider carefully. Kia ngata ai to puku, e hao nei ki te riri (M. 14)
7. Steer to starboard a canoe, the opposite to tirau.
8. n. Net. Hao-o-Rua, a constellation near Orion. Ko taua kupenga kai te takiwa o Te Kakau ma. Ko te ingoa o taua kupenga ko te Hao-o-Rua. (Te Kakau is Orion's belt.)
9. Basket. Tu pupu, tu ngaro; tu hao, tu ea (A portion [of food] in a little bundle is a portion lost, a portion in a basket is a portion to be repaid) (P.). Katahi ano ka ruku, ka mahi te tangata ra a ka ki te hao.
10. A curved kind of mutu kaka, or parrot snare. Waewae hao, bandy-legged.
11. Anaphobis habenata and Anguilla spp., mud eels. = putu.
whakahao. 1. v.t. Use as a net. Kupenga taratara i whakahaoa iho.
2. n. Arctocephalus hookeri, sea-lion. Te hoa kakari o Te Wera, he whakahao (P.; Ika ii, 605). = kekeno, ‖ poutoko, kautakoa, kaka.
hahao, a. Hollow
haohao, n. 1. Small basket for seed potatoes.
2. Defamation. Kaore te korero kino, te haohao nunui (M. 204).
3. Finger, especially on carved figures.
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