Results for 'puna'
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
Kua mimiti haere te puna.
The spring has started to run dry.
It is becoming... - E... haere ana
Ka kimihia he puna wai, nō whea e kitea.
They looked for a spring, but had no luck whatsoever finding one.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea
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.
