Pora. 1. n. Large sea-going canoe. He matau nahaku, i ruia mai i runga o Rangiatea, i nga pora ra, e, i rere mai i tawhiti (S.). Kihai i tino tika te kupu a ratou katoa ki te pora i eke ai a Maui (W. iii, 32).
2. Ship.
3. Stranger, wonderful person; also called tangata pora.
4. A coarse shaggy cloak; also called porapora. He pora kiekie tona.
5. Floor mat.
6. A white stone. = huka-a-tai.
7. a. Flat-roofed. He pora te whare. Pora matanui, having a low-pitched roof.
8. Foreign. He patu pora, an iron weapon.
9. In the expression whare pora, weaving house, which is treated fully by Best, Tr. xxxi, 625. ‖ 4 and 5, above.
‖ Mng. pora, raft, mat, and Ha. pola, the house between the canoes of a double canoe.
10. South Island name for introduced turnip.
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