hono - to join together
Hono (i). 1. v.t. Splice, join. Honoa te pito ora ki te pito mate (P. 32).
2. Add. Honoa te hono a te kiore (P. J. xi, 129).
3. v. Marry.
4. a. Continual.
5. n. A charm to repair broken things, fractured limbs, etc. (M. 357).
6. A division in a kumara pit.
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Hono (ii) = whano, v.i. 1. Be on the point of.
Ka hono nei au ka ngaro, ka mate nei.—Kahore he mahinga inaianei i nga ture mo te mahi makutu, a ka hono ka wareware (K.M. 22, 6, 4).
2. Proceed to do, go on. Kia hono koe te heke ki raro (M. 315).
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Hono (iii), n. 1. Assembly, company, crowd.
Unuhia noatia i waenga i te hono (M. 12).
Taku titiro noa i taku hono tatai (M. 125).
2. Retinue, following. Kei whea tou hono ?—Ehara ka riro i a koe te hono o Tu e moe nei (T. 43).
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