huahua

== Māori == === Etymology === Maybe related to Māori hū “to bubble up [of water], to hiss”, compare with Hawaiian huahuaʻi reduplicate of huaʻi (cognate of huaki “to uncover”) deriving from hū similarly (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === huahua (passive huahuatia) to boil water especially in a rudimentary way by dropping hot stones onto the water container, before the advent of introduced metal cookery === Noun === huahua water vessel used for boiling in such a method Synonym: kōhua === Related terms === kōhua === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “huahua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 76 “huahua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.