āhua

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Sense of apprehending or appearing comparable to other parallels in the same family e.g. connection between Malay penampakan and nampak.

āhua

1. appearance, form
2. shape
3. character, trait

āhua

1. (intransitive) to appear
   1. to apprehend in the mind; to come to knowledge or proof; to be obvious or manifest; to look like
2. (intransitive) to be pregnant, to expect a child

āhua (passive āhuatia)

1. to form
2. to make

   Synonyms: hanga, mahi

āhua

1. somewhat
2. approximately

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “āhua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 4
• “āhua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.