Pae. 1. n. Horizon. Ano ko Kopu ka puta ake i te pae (T. 99). Pae huakai, horizon.
2. Region, direction. Kei whea te pae ki toku matua? (T. 136).
3. Horizontal ridges of hills. Haere koe ki tawhiti, ki te pae tuatahi, tuarua, tuangahuru (T. 95).
4. Transverse supports of the karaho (floor) of a canoe. Waiho i to tu, waiho i to pae (K. for the Tainui canoe.)
5. Any transverse beam. Me tauarai mai au ki te pae rakau (M. 336). So step in a ladder or staircase; rail to which the upright stakes are lashed in the palisade of a pa. Pae kakaho, skirting board round the walls of a whare. Pae whakairi, pae whakaruru, contrivance used by women in childbirth when alone.
6. Perch, rest. He kukupa pae tahi (T. 15). Te panganga atu ki te pae miromiro, mate ana te nuinga (T. 96). Te pae o te riri, resting place of anope tauaon the march. Pae-kawau, part of the gateway of a pa. Kaore ia i tomo ma raro o te pae-kawau o te pa; i piki ia ma runga i te wawa o te pa.
7. Gums.
8. Circumference, measured by the maro with the arms extended. He rakau nui, e toru te pae (A large tree measuring three fathoms in circumference). Pae tahi hamama te rakau nei (This tree is over one fathom in circumference).
9. Ropes by which a seine net is hauled; called respectively pae runga and pae raro.
10. In the expression pae-mate, those standing round a corpse, mourners. Mo te tangata mate tenei, ka mea te pae-mate ki te tamaiti, kia tangi tonu, kaua e mutumutu (P. 106).
11. Number, multitude, of an indefinite number. He toko-pae kua mate (A number have died). ‖ paepae, 5.
12. v.i. Lie across.
13. Lie on one side.
14. Be collected together, lie ready for use. Pae mai te taonga ki te whare (M. 297). E tuwhera ana nga hangi, e pae ana nga rautao, nga wahie, nga kowhatu (T. 90). Horahia mai (te korero) kia rongo te rau e pae nei (M. 287).
15. Be laid to the charge of anyone. Ka pae nei hoki, na korua te tupapaku nei.
16. Be over, leave a balance, of numbers. E pae tonu ana, kia tae ki te rau kua kore e kiia he pae. (Said in explaining the term paepae, 5, below.)
17. Be cast ashore, wrecked, stranded. E pae ana tera i uta, kua mate (T. 93). Pass. paea, in the same sense. Ko nga waka tino nui, ki uta paea ai e te tai i te kore tangata hei eke mo runga.
18. Be thrown down, demolished. Pae rawa nga takitaki, me te maihi o te whare (Tr. vii, 49). Ka paea te whare, ka tahuna te whare (Tr. vii, 49).
19. v.t. Surround with a border. Paea mai nga parua o te umu kia hoki mai ai te
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mamaoa ki roto. Pae umu = koronae, a band of plaited leaves used to confine food in an oven.
20. Kill or snare birds. Ko a taua mea tane hei patu i nga manu, hei taeki, hei wero, hei pae, hei mutu.
21. Measure the circumference of a tree, as 8, above. Ka paea te rakau ra.
paenga, n. 1. Place where anything is laid on one side or across.
2. Margin, boundary. Ka mahi te awhato hohoni paenga (i.e., eating round the edges of leaves) (P. 38).
3. The outer edge of a kumara plantation. Ngahuru kai paenga.
4. Place where things are heaped up. He paenga rangatira (A place of fallen chiefs) (M. 346).
5. Site of buildings, etc. Kei te paenga rua o Te Raharaha. ‖ paekiri.
whakapae, v.t. 1. Lay across. Me whakapae te rakau nei hei arawhata.
2. Accuse, make an accusation. Ko te take i haere mai ai ia, he whakapaenga ki te rua kumara na ona hoa (T. 136). Akuanei whakapaea iho na Hotunui i tahae (T. 136).
3. ? Requite. ‖ whakapaepae.
4. Besiege. Ka whakapaea taua pa nei e te taua i te po, i te ao, a kihai i taea (T. 182).
5. Drive ashore, heap up. Ko te rimu mau toka … e whakapaea ana ki te one i Rangatira (M. 100).
6. Used of the manoeuvre of changing the formation of an attacking party from column to line. Ka whakapae te riri.
papae, v.i. Be driven broadside on shore. Ka papae te waka, akuanei ka pakaru.
paepae. 1. n. Beam, bar. As (a) the beam across the front of a whare; called also paepae āwhā, paepae kaiāwhā, paepae kainga-āwhā, or paepae roa. ‖ J. v, 151. Ehara, ka mau ki te paepae o te whatitoka te matau a Maui-tikitiki-o-Taranga (T. 21). Hangaia he whare, ko te paepae kai-awha kia rite ki toku kaki te tiketike. (b) Threshold, door sill; also termed paepae poto, pae takū, or paepae tapu. Ka hoaina e Tamure te paepae o te whare (T. 172). Tukua mai, tukua mai, ki te paepae poto a Hou; ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru, ka eke kei te paepae poto a Hou (M. viii). (c) The horizontal beam of a latrine = paepae hamuti, paepae whakaheke, paepae whakahoro. Ka tae atu ia ki te taha o te paepae ra, na ka hiki atu tetehi o nga waewae ki runga ki te paepae ra (T. 35). Ka ngaua e au te paepae hamuti, hai whakaora moku. (d) The beam along the edges of the floor mats in a whare. ‖ J. v, 151. (e) A bar to support bird snares. Na ka rere mai nga kawau, ka mau tonu i te kaki, i te waewae, ka kahakina to paepae manu e nga kawau. (f) The bottom bar of a dredge for freshwater crayfish. (g) The wooden spreader for fish-hooks; = paepae roa. (h) A piece of wood placed across the path of anyone for the purpose of makutu. The term tō paepae is applied to a woman or man who has been deserted after marriage.
2. Dish, open shallow vessel.
3. Upper curl of tattooing on the cheek.
4. A pattern in wood carving.
5. An expression used in counting game, etc; the balance aver a complete hundred. Kotahi rau, hokorua te paepae (One hundred and forty). ‖ pae, 10, 15, above.
6. v.t. Lie in wait for. Ka tae te rongo ki a Tuhoe, ka whakatika mai, ka whakaekea e ratau a Te Takatakanga, he taupaepae, ara he whakaeke, he tiaki i te hoariri, e paepae ana i te ope.—Katahi ka tikina ki mua o te ara paepae mai ai.
7. Arrange bird snares. Ka koromahangatia nga mahanga mo nga kawau, ka paepaetia ki te rakau.
whakapaepae, In the expression kai whakapaepae, return present of food from one tribe to another. = kai haukai. ‖ Ki whakapaea koutou hei kaihaukai ka mahora ki te aroaro no te atua (M. 417).
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