puna - pool, spring
Puna. 1. n. Spring of water. Haere mai taua kia kite koe i nga puna wai e rua (T. 54). Kia ringia te puna i aku kamo (M. 133). Ka hua ra au i tono atu ai he puna aroha kei a koutou.
2. Hole. Ka tata atu ki te taha o te puna i noho ai (te taniwha) (T. 154).
3. Oven.
4. Wife. Kia puna tokorua te moenga ki te whare (M. 250). E tapu taku upoko he puna wahine na Rangi-a-Kahu (M. 410). ‖ punarua.
5. Ancestor. = tupuna.
6. v.i. Well up, flow. Puna te roimata i paheke hu kei aku kamo (M.M. 26). Nga whare punanga korero i pu ai te riri (M. 36).
Williams Dictionary
E kore taua puna e mimiti i te raki of te raumati.That spring would never dry up in the drought of summer.That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauraro.The pā's water source was a spring on the north side.That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Kātahi ka whakaohoia e te tangata nei tōna mōkai ki roto ki tētahi puna.Then this man placed his pet in a spring of water.And then... - kātahi ka...
Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauaro.The water source for that pā was a spring on the north side.
Kīhai a ia i āta mōhio ki te ara ki te puna wai.He didn't really know the path to the spring.
Haere mai tāua kia kite koe i ngā puna wai e rua.Let us two go so that you may see the two springs of water.
Kua mimiti haere te puna.The spring has started to run dry.
Ka kimihia he puna wai, nō whea e kitea.They looked for a spring, but had no luck whatsoever finding one.
Ka haere mātou ki te puna kaukau, mēnā ka mahana te rā.We will go to the swimming pools, if the day is warm.
I hū ake te puna i raro i te whenua.The spring bubbled up from the ground.
