On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Hi (i), int. expressing contempt. Ka ngaro noa koa nge Hatupatu nana i topetope; hi! (M. 287).

Williams Dictionary

Hi (ii), hihī, v.i. 1. Make a hissing noise. Apopo kia pena nga kiri o o tungane, hihi ana i nga kowhatu kaka o Waikorora (T. 83).

2. Be affected with diarrhoea.

whakahihī. 1. v.t. Cause to hiss.

2. v.i. Whistle with finger bent in the mouth, as done in hunting kiwi; so hunt kiwi. Ka whakahihitia te kiwi e te tangata.

Williams Dictionary

Hi (iii). 1. v.t. Raise, draw up. Kua hia e ia te whenua ki te kauae o tona tupuna (T. 23).

2. Catch with hook and line, fish. Ka rewa te waka o ona tuakana ki te hi ika (T. 20).

3. Lead a song. Ka hiia te waiata.

4. v.i. Rise. I te mea ka hi nga whetu o te ata, ka mau a Whatiuaroa ki te kaunoti tapu, ka hika i te ahi.—Ka hi te pewa (His eyebrow rose, i.e., He raised his eyebrows).

5. Dawn. Ka hi te ata (T. 55).

6. pass. hīa, hiia. A hiia ana nga wheua o Te Totokarewa e ratou hei huti mango (They used the bones of Te Totokarewa to fish with to catch sharks) (W. v, 66). Kei hia e aku pewa, kei akina e te waha (Lest surprise should be shown at you in the raising of my eyebrows; lest you be assailed by word of mouth) (M. 11).

whaka-hi, v.i. Jeer, sneer.

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).

whakahīhī. 1. a. Lofty. Ki nga rakau whakahihi o te wao (M. 76).

2. Spirited, enterprising. Kotahi te tamaiti whakahihi, ko Horowhenua (T. 197).

3. Vain, conceited.

4. v.i. Jeer, sneer, speak contemptuously. Ko wai tenei e whakahihi mai nei ?

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