nohi

Maori

Etymology 1

From kanohi, see there for more details.

Noun

nohi

1. face

   Synonym: kanohi

Etymology 2

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Noun

nohi

1. Luzuriaga parviflora, a kind of perennial plant found in North Island.

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “nohi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 259
• “nohi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.