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Web page last revised 11-iv-2015

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pa to pakitea
pakiwaha to parani
päraoa to päwai
päwera to piko
pïnaki to poraru
pore to pühekaheka
puhi to püraurau
pure to püwhero

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päwera [1] < paawera, pawera > [Stative] (1) hot (2) sore, tender (see pawerawera [1]

päwerawera [1] < paawerawera, pawerawera >  [Stative] quite sore, irritated (of skin etc.) Päwerawera katoa aku huuhä i te wera o te hoiho. My inner thighs were all chafed and stinging from the sweat of the horse. [TWK/MHR] (Reduplicated form of päwera [1])  

päwerawera [2] awe, dread Päwerawera pai taku ärero i te kaha wera o te kare. My tongue felt the heatedness of the curry dish. [NKU/TA] He päwerawera te kare ki te kai. Curry is very hot to eat. [NKU] Päwerawera ana ahau i te mahi a taku mokopuna i runga i te marae. I was amazed at my grandchild speaking and singing on the marae [KAPO]

päwerawera [3] (some kind of fish)

päwhara  {NKM} wild; violate, rape 

päwhero [1] ginger coloured hair

pë [1] [Noun] food sac or roe (usually of päua), inner core of a paua, row of a fish Ko ëtahi tangata e kai mata ana i te pë päua. Some people eat päua roe raw. [NKU/TAU] Ina mä te pë o te päua, kua kitea te mömona. When the päua food sac is white, the meat is fat (succulent). [TWK/MHR] He pai te pë kanae mo te kai. Mullet roe is delicious. [NKU] Ki ngä kaumatua ka reka te pë päua. Old men love the core of the päua. [KAPO]

pea [manner particle] {NKM}maybe, perhaps; indeed, no doubt E kore pea e ngäwari te mahi “The task probably won’t be easy”; Tërä pea ka aituä tätau “That’s when we might get into an accident”.

pea 1 [N] {NKM} bear. pea köpurepure {NKM} panda; pea pouaho {NKM} Polar Bear

pea 2 [N] {NKM} pear

peara  {NKM} pearl 

peha   {NKM} slogan 

peha  {NKM} peel 

pëhanga  {NKM} pressure 

pëhanga  {NKM} push 

pehapeha  {NKM} boast 

pehea, pëhea, pëwhea [1] interr. how, do/act in what way, of what kind I tona pätainga i tana pätai kähore i möhiotia me pëhea te whakautu. When s/he asked his/her question no one knew how to answer (the question). [NKU/TAU] E anga pëhea ana koutou ina mutu tä tätou kaupapa. Which way are you going when our work is finished? [KOM] Me whiriwhiri pehea te roanga o tënei hui. We have to discuss how long this hui will be. [KP/MHR] Pehea te tawhiti atu o te wahitapu i te marae? ***. [NKU] Me pehea te kohue o te karaka (hua). ***how. [NKU]

pehi, pëhi, ...a [1] press down, apply pressure to Ana pëhi te heihei i ana hëki, ka heke ai kia tüpato ko te timo i muri atu. When a hen is sitting on her eggs and cackles at you, be careful she will peck you next. [KP/MHR] {NKM} push; > oppress, suppress; > stress; weigh down 

Pehia  {NKM} Persia 

pehipehi (kuaha)  {NKM} sill 

pëhitanga  {NKM} squeeze 

pei, ...a [1] [Universal] push {NKM} banish; > send out; > drive; > expel Aë, haere peia atu nga waho [sic] kia mänu. ***push. [NKU]

peihana   {NKM} basin 

peihana kïhini   {NKM} sink  (4. [kitchen sink] )

peihara-ä-rohe  {NKM} sheriff 

Peina  {NKM} Spain 

peita [1] Eng. Paint; > colour   

peka   {NKM} call in, > call on, > come round, visit, > see   (to meet someone)   

peka   {NKM} season 

pëka  {NKM} rucksack 

peka [1] [Verb] turn aside Haere whakamua tonu, kaua e peka ki tahaki. Go forward, do not turn aside. [KP/MHR]

peka [2] [Noun] branch, limb of a tree

pëkana   {NKM} bacon 

pekanga   {NKM} visit 

pekanga terëina  {NKM} siding 

pekapeka   {NKM} starfish 

pekapeka  {NKM} bat 

peke [1] [Noun] shoulder, upper arm

pëke [1] < peeke, peke > [Noun] bank 

pëke [2] < peeke, peke > [NKu] Eng. bag, pack, sack, purse Ka kokoa mai te huka e TUi, ka kohia ki nga pëke huka. Tui would scoop the sugar and put it into sugar bags. [NKU] pëke nohoanga   {NKM} saddlebag; pëke moni  {NKM} wallet; pëke kura  {NKM} school bag; pëke käkahu  {NKM} suitcase; pëke poaka  {NKM} piggy-bank         

peke [2] v.t. jump, leap Kaua e peke i te taiapa kei whara koe. Don't jump the fence, you might get hurt.[KRO] Ko tënei pu te tohu i peke ai to mätou karahi mama, i mahue ngä tohutohu i tupu ake ai ia, mo te tangata i aroha ia, hore ko tërä i tohutia. This is the spot where grandmother jumped left her upbringing behind, to be with the one she loved, not to the chosen one. [TTU/NTP] Ko tënei te wahi e kïa nei ko Te Rerenga Wairua, i peke atu ai ngä wairua, ki roto o Hine-nui-te-po. This is the point in the country where the spirits jump off. [] Peke tahi, pekerua, peketoru, peke tahi ki te peke waru. One jump, two jump, three jump, jump from one to eight (hopscotcht). [TTU/NTP] peke waka   {NKM} stowaway  whakapeke

pekeatuki [1] E ki ai, na to mätou mätämua i pekeatuki roto i te whare o tëtahi ke atu, anei ko te kupu tanga te hua. ***. [TTU/NTP]

pekepeke [1] jump about, bounce, hop about. Kaua e pekepeke i runga i ngä pëti. Don't jump about on the mattresses.[KRO]

pekerangi [1] [JL] stone base

peketua   {NKM} centipede 

pekï   {NKM} chirp 

pëkini  {NKM} bacon 

Pëma  {NKM} Burma 

pënä [1] < peenaa, pena > [Stative] Like that, in that way, so, as (near or connected with or talked about by the person being spoken to) Më pënä te raranga waikawa. That is how you weave a seed basket. [] Me pënä te tö. Haul it like that/ That's the way to haul it. [NKU] Näna anö i pënä ai. She was the cause of it. [NKU/TAU] Näna anö i pënä ai. He was the cause of it. [NKU/TA] Me pënä te tö. Haul it like that. [NKU] Me pënä te whiri kete. You plait a kit like that. [KAPO] I pënä rawa oti? Was it really like that? [NKU/TA] pënei, përä

pëne  {NKM} band 

pene [1] Eng. [Noun] pen, pencil I mua ko te mana o te pü, inaianei ko te mana o te pene. In bygone days it was the power of the gun - now it is the power of the pen. [TWK/MHR] Nä wai tënei pene? Whose pen is this? [NKU/TA] Whakakoikoingia ngä pene Sharpen the pencils. [NKU/TA] Kei hea tö pene? Where is your pen? [NKU] Kaua e tutu ki taku pene. Don't play with my pen. [KAPO]

pene pura  {NKM} ballpoint 

penehïni   {NKM} petrol 

penehïni  {NKM} gas 

pënei   {NKM} as 

pënei   {NKM} like 

pënei  {NKM} thus  (1. [like such] )

pënei [~tia] {NKM}like this (near or connected with the speaker)  Käore anö rätou kia kite he mïhini pënei rawa te nunui “They had never ever seen a machine anything like as big as this”.

pënei, pënei [1] adj,. adv. Like this (one), in this way Me pënei te mahi paraoa. This is how you make bread. [TWK/MHR] Me pënei te köhaki. Pluck it like this. [NKU] Ka pënei mai ai. She said it like this. [NKU/TAU] E pënei ana. IT's like this. [NKU/TA] Me mahi pënei. It will work like this. [NKU/TA] Me pënei te whiri kete. This is the way (or how) you plait a kit. [KAPO] Engari pënei kë te körero a Te Kaueomua. But this is what Te Kaueomua had to say. [KOM] Ahu pënei mai. Come towards me. [NKU] pënä, përä

peneräkau  {NKM} pencil 

penihana  {NKM} pension 

penu   {NKM} mash 

penu  {NKM} smear 

penupenu  {NKM} mash 

pepa  {NKM} paper 

pepa  {NKM} pepper 

pepa [1] Eng. [Noun] paper, newspaper He whai pepa koe mo tënei ra? Do you have today's newspaper? [TTU/NTP] Anei ngä pepa tuhituhi. Here is the writing paper. [NKU] Te pepa mo te tuhituhi, kaua e tihorea. A paper is for writing on, do not tear it. [KAPO] Ko te pepa hei mea hanga mai i te räkau. Paper is made from the trees. [NKU/TA] He timi nga mea e mahia ana i te pepa. Many things are made from paper products. [NKU/TA] Ko ia te kaituhi pepa o te kura. He is the writer of the school magazine. [NKU]

pepa [2] Eng. [Noun] pepper Hömai te pepa me te tote. Pass the pepper and salt. [NKU/TAU]

pepa märö  {NKM} cardboard 

pepa pürua  {NKM} carbon paper 

pëpë   {NKM} baby 

pëpë  {NKM} pulp 

pepeha   {NKM} saying  

pepeha  {NKM} quotation 

pepeha  {NKM} slogan 

pepeha  {NKM} witticism 

pepehi [1] press down

pepeke  {NKM} beetle 

pëpeke [1] < peepeke, pepeke > [Noun] frog. Ka timata te mahita kura ki te whakapëpeke i ngä tamariki. The school teacher began to make the children jump froglike. [MWA]  

pëpeke, ...tanga [1] crouching, cramped Mamae ana öna turi i te pëpeketanga o te noho. His knës hurt because of the cramped seating conditions. [KRO] Na i pene atu ai te tangi, pepeke atu koutou, pepeke atu ki pairau, pepeke i rehua, pepeke ki te huiuinga o te kahurangi, anei te peke ki Io-matua-kore. Ko te mutunga, nana nei koutou i whiti a mai ai ki tënei taha o te ao i te tuatahi i ngä ra o mua. ***. [TTU/NTP]

pepenu   {NKM} smudge 

pepepe   {NKM} moth 

pëpepe   {NKM} red admiral 

pëpi [1] < pëpi, pepi >  [Noun] baby  Më ärai atu te kanohi o te pëpi na, kei whitia e te rä. You had better shield the baby's eyes lest the sun shines upon her. [KOM] äraia atu ngä kanohi o te pëpi. Shield the baby's eyes. [KOM] (From English)

Pepuere  {NKM} February 

pera  {NKM} grease 

përä [~tia] {NKM} like that (distant from the speaker and person spoken to, not connected with them), in that way. Përä i ngä wä o mua rä “Like in the old days”. I përä ai te tangata rä na tana i möhio e teka ana te wahine rä. The man took this course, or made this choice, because he knew the woman was a liar.[NKU/TAU] I ahu përä kë te tokorua ra. Those two went in that direction (instead).[TWK/MHR] Me përä te hunu. Singe it like that. [NKU] Me përä te whiri kete. That is how to plait a kit. [KAPO]

pera [1] Eng. [Noun] pillow, cushion Homai tö pera hei urunga möku. Give me your pillow for me to lean on. [TWK/MHR]

përe  [1] {NKM} < peere > [noun] bale  (From English)

përe [2] Eng. < peere > [Noun] bucket, pail Haere mai e tama, kei konei ngä harore tino tini, kohikohia ki roto i te përe. Come son, the mushrooms are plentiful here, put them into the bucket. [KRA] (From English “pale”.

pere [1] {NKM} [Noun] missile, dart   

pere [2] [Verb] to cultivate with a hoe Kua ara noa atu taku kuia ki te pere taru i te atatü. My wife has already gone to tend the garden in the early hours of the morning. [KOM]

pere [3] [Noun] bell. I rongo ahau i te tangi a te pere. I heard the bell ring. [KP/MHR] (From English)   

Pere [4] Ngati Pere [Name] He ingoa hapü, nö Te Hapua (kotahi kaipöti, 1918)

pere [5] {WMS} [Verb] Go. Nowhea e tuatuku ai to tere hei pere ki te tai o Hauraki tua? (M. 416)

pere [6] {WMS} [Noun]. Sail of a canoe. (Williams notes this word as from Te Rarawa). Pere rua, a canoe with two sails.  // kupere

pere whaitua  {NKM} spaceship

perehere [1] {WMS} [Noun] Nestor meridionalis, parrot. (Williams notes this word as from “Ngapuhi”) = käkä, körï, körïwhai. 

perehi  {NKM} press 

Perehipiteriana  {NKM} Presbyterian 

perehuka [1] Eng. < bill-hook [Noun] slasher E pühuki ana tö perehuka. Your slasher is blunt. [KAPO] E koi ana tënei perehuka. This slasher is sharp. [KP/MHR] Kaua nga rahurahu e poutoa ki te toki. Me mea ki te perehuka. ***. [NKU]

Pereka [1] {PT} [Place Name] A city in the province of Pamphylia, a Greek-speaking district in Asia Minor in St Paul’s time, in what is now part of Southern Turkey. (See Pamapuria [2])

Pereke [1] {HPT} [Place Name] Perga (see Pereka).

pereki  {NKM} brake 

pereki  {NKM} brick 

perepere [1] [] I mua atu i taku aranga mai, kua haere noa atu taku kuia ki te perepere taru i te mahinga. My wife had already spent a considerable amount of time in the garden before I woke up. [KOM]

pereti  {NKM} plate, chinaware 

perikana  {NKM} pelican 

pero ika [1] [NKU/TA] [Noun] fishheads

peru [1] [Stative]  {NKM} (eyes) bulging with anger

peru [2] [Noun] {NKM} head (of a nail); nut (for a bolt)

peru [3] [Verb]  {NKM} scent, > snort 

petapeta  {NKM} junk 

peti  {NKM} bet, stake (in gambling) 

pëti  {NKM} spade 

pewa [1] eyebrow; {NKM} bow, arc.   Kua kake ngä pewa. Raised eyebrows. [UNI]

Pëwhairangi [1] < Peewhairangi, Pewhairangi > [Place name] the Bay of Islands (see also Ipipiri)

pï [1] < pii, pi > {NKM} [Verb] slight  (to ignore someone)

pï [2] < pii, pi > {NKM} [Stative] soggy 

pï [3] < pii, pi > {NKM} [Noun] bee  (from English)

pï [4] < pii, pi > {NKM} [Verb] chirp 

pï [5] < pii, pi > {NKM} [Noun] pea (vegetable) (from English)

pia   {NKM} blind eel 

pia  {NKM} beer 

pia  {NKM} gum, > paste; > resin; > sap; pia makawe  {NKM} hair gel 

piako   {NKM} empty; > hollow 

piana  {NKM} piano 

piango   {NKM} hollow; > empty 

piarëmana  {NKM} shandy 

pïari  {NKM} hunched 

piata   {NKM} bright 

pïatäta   {NKM} shiny; > bright 

piere   {NKM} chink; > split 

piere karihi   {NKM} reactor 

piha  {NKM} gills 

pihanga   {NKM} window 

piharau [1] [NKU] lamprey Ko te piharau horekau e kitea ana i ngä wähi katoa. ***lamprey. [KOM]

piharoa  {NKM} sheet  (2. [sheet of material, aluminium etc] )

pihe [1] [Noun] dirge Ko te pihe he waiata möteatea. The pihe is a song of lament. [NKU/TAU] Na Moerewarewa i tito te pihe mo tana matua a Nukutawhiti. Moerewarewa composed a lament for the death of her father Nukutawhiti. [NKU/TAU]

pihe, ..tia [2] [Universal] prepare food Pihetia he kai ma tätou. Prepare some food for us. [KAPO]

pihepihe [1] {R} small narrow mat/girdle for the waist

pihi [1] {R} species of grass

pihi [2]  {NKM} shoot, sprout; antler. pihi pïni  bean sprout

pïhihi pouaka whakaata  {NKM} antenna 

pihikete  {NKM} biscuit 

pihipihi [1] [] Me köhue nga pihipihi, e ono e kohuetia ana, kia roa e kohuetia ana ka pai hei inu, engari mö te pëpi kaua e tino tini nga pihipihi, kau hoki e tino roa e kohuetia ana. ***. [KOM]

pihirei  {NKM} antelope 

pïhohe  {NKM} satire 

pïhoihoi   {NKM} lark 

pïhopa  {NKM} bishop 

pïhuka  {NKM} gaff; fish-hook 

pika   {NKM} pick (tool)

pïkaokao  {NKM} peacock 

pïkara  {NKM} pickle 

pïkaru [1] < piikaru, pikaru > [Noun] sleep in your eyes pïtoretore

pïkau [1] <piikau, pikau > ~a, ~nga [1] [Universal] carry on back, piggyback Mau e arahi tö taua hoiho hei pikau i nga pipi me nga ika, ana hoki mai taua. You lead our horse to carry our pipi and fish when we come home. [KP/MHR] He kaha ia ki te pikau wahie. He is very strong to carry the wood. [KP/MHR] He taimaha nga wahie a Hone e pikau ai. The wood Hone is carrying is heavy. [KP/MHR] ake te mokopuna ki taku tuara. ***carry. [NKU] taimaha nga pïkaunga kei runga i öna pokowhiwhi. He carries a heavy burden on his shoulders. [TWK/MHR] Ana ngenge o pokowhiwhi i te pikaunga ra ia tukua kia rararo. If your shoulders are tired carrying her let her walk. [KP/MHR] Tu ana nga uaua o tana kaki i te taumaha o tana pikaunga. The sinew in his neck was stretched because his burden was heavy. [KP/MHR] pïkaunga   {NKM} burden 

piki, ...ngia, ...nga [2] [Universal] ascend, ascent, climb, rise Ngä piki me ngä heke o te tau hou ki a koe. We acknowledge the highs and lows that may affect you during the new year. [TWK/MHR] Ka piki ake a Tawhaki ki runga. Tawhaki climbed up. [NKU/TA] Ka piki mai ia ki roto i te motokä. She climbed into the car. [NKU/TA] Kua piki ia ki te taumata. He has climbed to the top. [KAPO] Me piki koe ki runga e to taua whare. You climb on the roof of our house. [KAPO] töna pikinga ake i taua puke nei ka kite ia i tënä mea i te räkau ätaahua. When she climbed this hill, she saw some beautiful trees. [NKU/TA] Pikingia te taumata matauranga. Attain the topmost peak of learning. [KAPO] kake

piki [1] [NKU/TA] [Noun] fig He reka te hämi piki. Fig jam is indëd sweet. [NKU/TA] (From English)

pikipiki [1] [Verb] climb on, clamber over Ka haere ngä tamariki ki ngä räkau ka pikipiki ka kakekake haere tae noa ki te pou kara, na ka tukutuku iho ki te whenua. The children climbed and scramble dalong the trees until they reached the flagpole and then descended to the ground. [NKU] He maha ngä tangata i pikipiki ki runga i te poti. Many people climbed on board the boat. [NKU/TA] Pikipiki mai tätou ki konei. All of us climb on here. [KAPO] (Reduplicated form of piki [1] Cf. kakekake

pikipiki [2] {NKM} [Noun] jungle gym  (Modern term, from pikipiki [1])

pikitia  [1] [Noun] (1) picture, painting, mural; (2) movie film

piko [1] {NKM} [Verb] bend, arch, bow. E kore ia e piko, he ioio. He will never bend, he is inflexible. [NGH3]

piko [2] [Noun] quotation mark (modern usage, from piko [1])

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