Pēhi. 1. v.t. Press, weigh down. E haere mai ana hoki nga kawekawe, e pehi ana i te waka ki raro (T. 110).
2. Oppress, trouble. Kei pehia koe e te anu o te hukarere (M. 171).
3. Repress. E kore e taea tona hiahia te pehi.
4. Abolish.
5. Cover, incubate, as a hen.
6. v.i. Lie, of inanimate objects. E pehi mai ra nga wahie i tua o te whare.
7. n. Sticks rubbed together to procure fire, especially the kaunoti, or upper one.
8. Second (in some districts third) person killed or taken in battle. I a Tupe te matakia, i a au te pehi.—Ko te pehi tenei i mau i te kupenga (W.M. xii, 66).
9. Ballast for a canoe.
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whakapehi, v.t. Oppress, trouble. Penei, e te hoa, ka whakapehitia.
pēhanga, n. 1. Act of pressing or turning down. Te pehanga atu o nga karu ki tetahi taha (T. 66).
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2. Heap. He rite te pehanga ko Pare-te-tai-tonga (M. 202). Te pehanga wahie c kaike mai ra.
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Pehi. ——
pehipehi (i). 1. v.t. Waylay. Katahi ka pehipehi mai e Rata i tahaki (T. 55).
2. n. Ambuscade. Ka huaki nga pehipehi ra, ka turia e te taua ra.
3. Sill of a door frame.
4. Beam of a privy. = paepae.
5. Return for a present. Ko te kohi pehipehi nga tangata.
pehipehi (ii), n. Cephalorhynchus hectori, porpoise.
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