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puehu - dust
Pūehu. 1. n. Dust. Kua marama te puehu o nga waewae o nga wahine nei (T. 144). Tutū te puehu, an expression for a great disturbance. I te po ka tutu te puehu o te ua i te puhanga o te hau.—Tutu ana te puehu o waho o te moana.
2. Turbid condition of water. E hoki te patiki ki tona puehutanga (The flounder will return to the mud which he has stirred up) (P. 4).
3. a. In the form of dust. E puehu ana te nehu ki runga ki te kai.
pūehuehu, a. Mealy. Titiro iho ka puehuehu, ma tana whaiaro tenaka (P.). ‖ D. ii, 310.
Williams Dictionary
I muri ka haere mai a Tāwhiri-mātea, te hau me te ua, ki te horoi i ngā parahanga katoa o te piri tahitanga, me kī, ngā puehu me ngā maramara kiri, kia mā te āhua o te rangi.
Afterwards Tāwhiri-mātea, the wind and the rain, stepped in to clean away all of the rubbish left in the confined space, everything created in the dark clinging together, the dust, the strips of skin, so the sky would be clean.
Tangata takahi manuhiri, he maraer puehu.
If you mistreat your guests your marae will be dusty (because no one will come anymore).
Parāoa puehu.
Flour.
Kei hea te horo puehu?
Where's the vacuum cleaner?
