Hihi (i). 1. n. Ray of the sun. Koia, ka maha haere ai ona hihi (T. 29).
2. Feelers of crayfish.
3. Long plumes ornamenting bow of a war canoe (= puhi); they were called hihi mua and hihi roto. Nga hihi o Tainui.
4. Tentaculae of Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia).
5. A method of dressing the hair in horns on each side of the head.
6. Suckers, thin shoots from the root of a plant.
7. A cape with strings of flax hanging loose; called also hihihihi. If made entirely of dressed flax it was called hihi-mā. E taua ana ahau i taku hihi-mā.
8. Any long slender appendages. Hihi tohora, whalebone, from mouth of the right whale.
9. Notiomystis cincta, stitch-bird. Tenei tetahi manu, he hihi, tarea atu ana e Maui ki te tiki wai mana (W. ii, 114). = tihe, kotihe, motihetihe, matakiore, tiora, tioro.
10. a. Shy. = puihi.
whakahihi. n. Part of a fishing net, between the uru and the ngake.
hihihihi = hihi, 7.
‖ ihi.
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hihi, v.t. Pull up, draw up; pass. hīa and hiia. Hiia ake tou kakahu.—Muri iho ka hia e ia te wenewene whenua, ka mate (T. 17).
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