huruhuru, n. 1. Coarse hair, bristles; not properly used of the hair of the head. Ko nga huruhuru o toku tinana me tupu ki runga ki to pane (T. 99). Huruhuru o Hinenui—te—po, Acaena anserinifolia, a plant = hutiwai. Huruhuru o nga waewae o Paoa, Todea superba, a fern. Huruhuru tapairu, Adiantum spp., ferns. Huruhuru whenua, Asplenium lucidum, a fern. Huruhuruhika, a variety of flax (Phormium tenax).
2. Feather. Me te huruhuru manu ka rere i te hau (T. 170).
3. Tonga huruhuru. South—south—east (Po.). Apparently used alone also. Mehemea he winiwini, he huruhuru ranei (te hau), he kino, kia tupato rawa (Kah.).
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huruhuru, n. Diffused glow. I raro ano te ra ko te huruhuru ka puta; i raro ano te ra ko te ihi i puta ake (where the beams succeed the glow) (Tr. vii, 40). (See also example under huru (iii), 1.)
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