maihi - bargeboards of meeting house
Māihi. 1. a. Uneasy in mind.
2. n. Anxiety. Kotahi to tangata i kai i te wharewhare, rere te maihi, rere ki tera tangata (P.).
3. Cavodiloma coracina and Melagraphia aethiops, univalve molluscs.
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Maihi (i) = mahihi. 1. n. Facing boards on the gable of a house, often having the lower ends ornamented with carving. Pae rawa nga takitaki me te maihi o te whare (Tr. vii, 49). He whare maihi tu ki roto ki te pa tuwatawata, he tohu no te rangatira; he whare maihi tu ki te wa ki te paenga, he kai na te ahi (P.; Pi. 126, 3).
2. A house so adorned. He maihi tu ki te wa, he kai na te ahi; he maihi tu ki roto ki Te-Rongo-a-takutama, he tohu no te rangatira (P.).
3. A chevron pattern of ornamental lattice-work for the interior walls of a house.
4. v.t. Finish the gable of a house.
5. Embellish. He korero i mahia e te ngutu i maihitia.
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Maihi (ii), māihiihi, n. Scurf, dandruff.
māihiihi, n. Griselinia littoralis, a tree. = papauma.
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