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pana - to push away, to expel

panā - (pass) be driven away, be expelled

Pana (i) (pass. panā, panaina). 1. v.t. Thrust or drive away, expel. Na i panā mai e Hine-tu-a-hoanga raua ko tana ika ko matā (T. 69). E panaina koe ki waho, kia uaua tou koe te haere ki roto (Tr. vii, 51).

2. Cause to come or go forth in any way. He karakia pana tamariki (T. 8).

3. v.i. Throb.

4. n. Fillip. ‖ toropana.

5. Start, spasm; regarded as an omen. Te ata whaki iho taku pana ki a au, kia mohio roto he tangata kei waho (M. 113).

6. Repellent song. ‖ M. 410.

panapana. 1. v.i. Throb. Panapana noa ana taku mea (M. 115).

2. n. Spring of a trap. Rere ana te panapana o te tawhiti.

3. Strong emotion.

4. Cardamine heterophylla, a species of cress.

Williams Dictionary

Ka whakatūpou ia, ko tōna upoko ki raro, ko ana waewae ki runga ki te pana i tōna pāpā i a Rangi.
He bent down and placed his head on the ground, and threw his legs up to the sky onto the body of his father, Rangi, so he could push.

Ko ana waewae ka kuhu ki waenga i ngā matata o te rangi kia tika ai te pupuru me te takoto o te tinana kia kaha ai te pana.
His fingers gripped deep into the rocks and the vines of the land, to hold his body steady for the powerful thrust to come.

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