On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Pakū. 1. v.i. Make a sudden sound or report. Tahi rapea ka paku to toki ki te waka, ka rangona e te iwi (M. cv).

2. Resound. Te tangata e haere mai nei tona rongo, e paku nei i nga whenua (T. 189).

3. Extend. Na mauipotiki i tinihanga ki a Hine-nui-te-po, i pa mai ai he mate ki nga tangata o te ao, paku ki runga, paku ki raro (T. 7).

4. v.t. Beat, knock. Kei te paku roi.

5. n. Maul for beating aute, etc.

6. Wooden gong. = pahū.

pākūkū, whakapākūkū, v.t. Knock repeatedly.

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Paku. 1. a. Dried. Kua pakua te toto, no te ahiahi ke ra hoki te motumotuhanga i nga ihu (T. 91). E paku ana taku korokoro.

2. Small.

3. n. Dried fish, etc.

4. Scab on a sore.

5. Particle, anything small. Mo te whenua kowhatu kore tenei, “Ko Tireki paku kore” (P. 107). E rua rawa nga paku korero o tenei runanga.

whakapaku. 1. v.i. Begin to be dry or small. Ka whakapaku te tai, ina nga manu ka noho i runga i te tahuna.

2. v.t. Make dry or small.

papaku, v.i. Congeal, set, become hard or dry. Kua papaku te hinu, i roto i te tahā.

pāpaku, a. 1. Shallow. Hohonu kaki, papaku uaua (P.). Kia tuku te wai ka papaku te kauanga.

2. Short.

3. Poor, barren, of soil.

4. Low.

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pakupaku, a. 1. Dry. Keria ana e ia te awa-keri, kia rere ai te wai, kia takoto pakupaku ai te wahi i noho ai a Tuna (W. ii, 76).

2. Small, diminutive.

3. Groundless, causeless. He pakupaku te riri.

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