Tāhei. 1. v.t. Wear anything suspended from the neck. I ora ai to ratou ahi; he mea tahei te kaunoti ki te kaki o Hine.
2. Divide or mark by a stripe or crease. Taheitia te pukapaka.—Kua taheitia nga kanohi e te awe mapara, ara ko nga kanohi kai roto i te pango e titiro ana mai.
3. Set snares for birds. He kakano hoki a reira hei taheitanga koko, he kahikatea te rakau.
4. n. Band or stripe of contrasting colour on an animal. He poaka tahei (A black pig with a white band on it).
5. Collar-bone. = ahei.
6. Circlet on the neck. Tahei pipi, necklet of cockle shells.
7. Bird snare.
tāheihei, v.i. Hang in festoons. Ka taheihei atu nga pungawerewere ki nga rakau.
‖ hei (iii).
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