Niho, n. 1. Tooth. He rei nga niho, he paraoa nga kauae (P.). Niho kai waiu, niho kaiu, milk-tooth; niho tapahi, incisor; niho kata, niho rei, eye-tooth; niho pu, niho purakau, double tooth; niho waha, niho hawa, broken tooth; niho tunga, decayed tooth, toothache; niho tapiri, niho tapiki, tooth riding on another. He niho tapiki hoki tona niho (T. 37). Niho kakere, tooth-shaped shell ornaments. Niho tuatini = mira tuatini. Niho nui, a term applied to a long-beaked variety of kaka; called also huripa. Niho riki, a short-beaked variety of kaka; called also motaraua.
2. Thorn. Engari te aka kiore, kaore he niho o tera.
3. Edge of a tool or weapon. He puruhia enei toki, kahore he niho (Tr. vii, 46).
4. fig. Effective force. Mehemea ka kitea te kapu o te rahui e te kaiwhanako, kua kore he niho o taua kapu.
5. One of a series of stacks of kumara tubers in a large store pit.
6. Traverse in a defensive trench. (mod.)
nihoniho. 1. a. Antagonistic, quarrelsome. Kai te nihoniho raua.
2. n. Young shoots, buds of a plant.
whakanihoniho. 1. v.i. Throw out shoots or buds, of a plant. Whakanihoniho ana te rea o nga parareka.
2. Quarrel. Kei te whakanihoniho nga tamariki.
3. n. A tooth-shaped pattern in weaving mats, borders to cloaks, etc.
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