Ngahuru. 1. num. Ten. This is the old word which occurs in nearly every Polynesian dialect, but has now under European influence been superseded by tekau. Ngahuru ki runga, ngahuru ki raro, ma te paroparo e aki (Ika, 133).
2. With the article te, tenth. A penei tonu, tae rawa ki te ngahuru o nga rangi (T. 33).
3. n. The tenth and eleventh months; the tenth being ngahuru kai paenga, and the eleventh simply ngahuru, or in some districts ngahuru tahi.
4. Harvest time, autumn. Taihoa tatou e haere ki reira, hei te ngahuru; kia rupeke te kai ki te hapoko (T. 189). Kaore he takurua, he ngahuru tonu tana (T. 160). Koanga tangata tahi, ngahuru puta noa (P.).
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