pāmu
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to farm.
E tika ana kia whakahaerea tonutia i tēnei wā he tikanga, mehemea e hiahiatia ana kia pāmutia kia riīhitia ranei ki a tātau Māori anō (TP 5/1906:4). / It is appropriate that at this time a procedure be established, if it is desired that it be farmed or leased to us Māori.
2. (loan) (noun) farm, farmland.
E koa ana mātou tēnā e whakanohonga he tangata ki runga i taua whenua, ko ngā wāhi pai o taua whenua ka homai hei pāmu (HTK 5/8/1893:8). / We are happy that someone lives on that land and that the best parts of that land will be provided as a farm.
See also whāma
