Pākā, pākākā, a. 1. Scorched.
2. Red or brown. Kei te wahi pakaka te ara. Paka korito, light brown. Ko te ahua o aua rakau me aua tarutaru he ma, he whero, he paka korito, he pango (W.M. x, 139).
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Paka (i). 1. a. Dried, baked. Me i paka te kai nei, ka reka.
2. n. Dried provisions. Waiho i kona te tangata to te paka maroke.
3. Scraps.
4. v.t. Cook. Mana e paka te manu a Karohia.
5. v.i. Be hot, of the sun. E, kua paka noa te ra, kua tuhoehoe noa mai ki runga.
pāpaka, n. 1. Crab.
2. Scab on a sore, tetter, herpes.
3. A beetle.
4. A variety of fern root.
5. A variety of potato with dark flesh.
6. A fish.
7. Slabs placed horizontally between the uprights of the walls, forming a skirting board in a house.
8. A light-coloured variety of eel.
pakapaka. 1. a. Dry, baked, burned. Apopo ra koe taona pakapakatia ana ki nga whatu o Kurupangoi (W. iv, 186). Ko te tupuna o Ngati Pakapaka i wera i te ahi, koia a Ngati Pakapaka.
2. n. Dried provisions, fish, birds, etc. Ka moe hupeke, tangata kaore ana whata pakapaka; ka moe wharoro, tangata i te whata pakapaka (P.).
3. Scraps. Kua riro te whenua i te pakeha, kua riro nga moni i te Maori; kihai i rato nga tangata, katahi ka tonoa he moni; he kai pakapaka tenei.
4. A coarse rough cloak of flax.
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Paka (ii), v.i. Quarrel. Kua mutu taku pakanga ki te tangata, kua paka atu au ki te atua.
pakanga, n. Strife, dissension, hostility, war. No reira ka mau tonu he pakanga a Tangaroa ki a Tane (T. 5). Nga herehere o taku pakanga (M. 346).
pakapaka, a. Quarrelsome.
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