Mahuta, v.i. 1. Jump. Mahuta atu ki tarawahi.
2. Land from a boat, etc.
3. Rise. Ra te whetu ka mahuta i te pae (M. 349). Tera te marama ka mahuta i te pae (S. 104).
4. n. Obsolete term for tattooing. (Whang.)
Williams Dictionary
E titiro ana ngā tauhou ki te nui o tērā rākau, o Tāne Mahuta.The strangers gazed at the size of that tree, Tāne Mahuta.
Tane Mahuta.The god of the forest.
Ko Mahuta te kingi i a Te Puea i uru kaha ai ki ngā mahi o te Kīngitanga (Kāretu 1974:97)Mahuta was king when Te Puea devoted herself to the activities of the Kīngitanga
