Unu (i). 1. v.t. Pull off, put off, doff. Kei te unu i ona kakahu.
2. Draw out, pull out, withdraw. He tangata ke nana i tiki mai, i unu nga titi (T. 66). Unuhia atu ra te taniwha i te rua (M. 341).
3. Bring out, exhibit. Ka unuhia te tere o te waka.
4. v.i. Slip out of a crowd.
5. Get under way, start. ‖ unuhanga.
6. n. A means of augury by pulling out the centre shoot of a graminaceous plant.
7. A charm to draw something out of a hole, etc. Ka whakahua i te unu mo tana waka, ara i te hiki ake (T. 72).
8. A staff to which the ritorito was tied in certain rites.
9. Burrow of a lizard, etc.; in the expression unu ngarara. ‖ (Tr. vii, 296).
unuhanga, n. Act, circumstance, etc., of drawing out, starting, etc. He unuhanga taniwha e tere ana ki te muri (J. xiii, 21). He mea mahue au i te unuhanga heke (M. 154).
unuunu, v.t., freq. Pull out several things. Me unuunu nga puru (T. 169).
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Unu (ii) = inu, v.i. Drink. Unumia atu te wai kei Rangataka (M. 47).
whāunu, v.t. 1. Give drink to. Whaunutia atu to koroua. (Speaking of tending a person who was tapu.)
2. Tend. Tokorua tohunga kai te whaunu atu ki te ahi. (In this instance affecting it by karakia.)
3. Charm birds so as to make them come to drink at the set snares.
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