pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)
Pa (i), v.t. (followed by ki; pass. pangia, pakia). 1. Touch. Kua pa atu nga ringa ki aua pohutukawa, ana, ngahoro noa iho (T. 74). Kahore te turoro nei e pa kai.— Kua pa to tatou waka. (Said of a fishing canoe when the sinker of one of the fishing lines had touched the head of a fish, and bad luck was therefore anticipated).
2. Reach, strike. No te panga o tana patu ki te tangata tuatahi i whiua ra e ia (T. 119). Ka pa te upoko o te tai; or, Ka pa te tai (The tide has reached its highest).
3. Hold personal communication with, accost. Ka mea atu a Tutanekai, “Kua pa atu ahau ki a Hinemoa” (T. 131). Nonanahi ia i pa mai ai ki a au.
4. Of sexual intercourse. He puhi te wahine nei, kahore he tane i pa noa ki a ia; e rere noa ana nga tane, e kore rawa i pai te wahine nei (T. 188).
5. Affect the senses, operate on. Ka pa te hiainu ki a Tutanekai (T. 132). Taria nei he mate e pa mai ki a Tu (T. 6).
6. Join in an undertaking, act in concert. I a Horowhenua ano ka tu iho, tu atu, ka pa katoa hoki te hokowhitu nei (T. 202). Kua pa katoa ki te hakaae.—Katahi ka pa katoa te tangata ki te haka (W.M. x, 47).
7. Be connected with. Kaore to tupuna i pa ki Mangakahia.
whakapa, v.t. 1. Cause to touch.
2. Touch.
3. Tell privately. Tekaha ko Hemi, whakapakia ana ki te Whakapa he, accuse, bring a charge of wrongdoing against anyone. (mod.)
pākanga, n. Relative, connection. He pakanga kiritahi, a near relative.
pāpā, v.t. Ram, or compress with the hand.
He mea papa te oneone.—Kua papatia te oneone.
whakapāpā, v.t. Make secret suggestions. E whakapapa haere na koe ki te rakau ra kia tukua ki raro.
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Pā (ii). 1. v.t. (pass. paia). Block up, obstruct, dam. Paia iho te wai, koia te Wai—pa (M, 20). Ka kitea te aua e tere ana i roto i te awa; ka paia; ka mate, ka kainga nga aua.
2. Prevent. Ka paia au te hoki ki te koko i Hangaroa (M. 204).
3. Assault. Ka paia te huaki (The assault is made).
4. n. Stockade, fortified place. Te ingoa o tona pa ko Whakarewa, he pa nui hoki, he maioro nunui hoki nga maioro (T. 182).
5. Inhabitants of a fortified place. Na, ka puta te pa ki waho (T. 60).
6. Weir for catching eels, etc.
7. Screen, blockade, anything used to close or block an open space. Ko te pa whakauru hau o te mara a Takarangi (M. 363). Pa kakaho, the batten along the tops of the uprights of the walls of a whare. Pa puweru, a ceremony for warding off an attacking force. ‖ J. vii, 122. Pa uruhanga, boaids used as an edging to the rushes laid as bedding in a whare. ‖ J. vii, 151. Pa whakawakua, an expression for the mauri of a man or of a place. Haere ra, e te pa whakawairua (S.).
8. Fat covering the inwards of animals.
9. a. Obstructed. Used in the expression puku-pa, sterile, applied to a woman.
whakapā. 1. v.t. Close up.
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2. a. Sterile. ‖ pa (ii), 9.
whakapākanga. 1. n. Youngest child in a family. Ko te whakapākanga ia o nga tamariki a Whakaue (T. 130).
2. a. Youngest. Ka rongo tana tamaiti whakapakanga (T. 119).
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Pā (iii), v.i. Be struck. Papa ano i mea kia pa ia i te kohatu a tona papa (T. 16).
pāpā, v.i. Be overcome. Papa noa; kihai i rere, kihai i aha (T. 7). Ko ona tuakana i papa noa i te ngaunga a Tawhiri ratou ko ana tama (T. 6).
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Pā (iv), v.i. 1. Blow, as the wind. Kihai hoki te hau ra i roa rawa e pa ana, kua mutu (T. 93). E pa, e te hau, wero tonu ki te kiri (M. 240).
2. Reach one's ears, be heard. Ka pa te karanga a te tangata nei, “Ko Te Kahureremoa” (T. 148). Ka pa te tawhiri, “Haere mai!” (T. 139). Te pa mai to waha kia whitirere ake taku mauri ora ki runga (M. xcix).
papa, v.i. 1. Burst, explode. Ka papa te whatitiri (M. 413).
2. Break off suddenly or shortly. He mea papa noa te rakau.
3. Chatter as teeth with cold; chirp. He tarakihi e papa ana i te waru.
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Pā (v), n. A term of address to a male elder or superior. E pa, kei riri mai koia koe ki a au (T. 129).
pāpā, n. 1. Father, brother of father or mother. Katahi te tangata ra ka kawea ki te wai e tona papa, ka tohia (T. 17). No te reo rawa o tona iramutu, tama a tona tuahine, i karanga ake ki tona papa (J. ii, 222). Papa whakaangi, stepfather. Papa kēkē, male relatives in the same generation as father or mother.
2. Elders, male relatives. Ka ui korero atu nga papa, “He aha koe i kitea mai ai?”(T.89).
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Pa (vi), n. Clump, group, flock, etc. Kua tupu te pa ti, te pa harakeke, ki te Whaiti.
papa. 1. n. Geniostoma ligustrifolium, a shrub. = papahenga.
2. Hoplodactylus pacificus, brown gecko, a lizard. = moko-papa, ngarara-papa, teretere.
3. A variety of inanga, a fish.
4. a. Spreading. He rakau papa. ‖ kura-pāpā.
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Pā (vii), n. Fish-hook made with paua shell in lieu of bait. Taku matau koti, taku pa kahawai (M. 301). Ka mau to pa, e noho kia maoa he kai (P.). ‖ Sa. pa, fish-hook.
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