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puia Play
1. (noun) volcano, geyser, hot spring, eruption.
Ka koropupū te moana ānō he puia. Muri tonu iho, kua kite atu au e kāngia ana ētahi wāhi o te tima, kua rongo atu hoki au ki aku tāngata e auē ana, e ngunguru ana i te mamae (TP 1/7/1902:2). / The sea was boiling like a volcano. Just after that I saw some parts of the ship burning and I heard my men crying out and groaning with pain.
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2. (noun) bush, tuft, clump, bunch, cluster.
toka puia Play
1. (noun) volcanic rock.
Ko te tahepuia: Ko te tokarewa ka puta i tētahi puia ki te mata o te whenua (ka rere noa, ka hū ake rānei). Ka mātao, ka whakauka, ā, ka noho mai hei toka puia (RP 2009:379). / Lava: Molten rock (magma) that flows out or erupts onto the surface of the earth, cooling and hardening to become volcanic rock (RP 2009:379).
puia moe Play
1. (noun) dormant volcano.
Kāore te puia moe i te hū i tēnei wā, engari tērā pea, ka hū ake anō ā tōna wā (RP 2009:336). / A dormant volcano is not erupting now, but might erupt again at some time in the future.
puia oho Play
1. (noun) active volcano.
Ko te puia oho: E oho ana tēnei puia, e koropupū ana te tokarewa i roto i a ia, ā, e hū ake ana i ētahi wā. Hei tauira, ko Ruapehu me Whakaari (RP 2009:336). / Active volcano: this type of volcano is active, and the magma is bubbling within it, and sometimes it erupts, e.g. Ruapehu and White Island.
puia pākai Play
1. (noun) shield volcano.
Ko te puia pākai: He mea hanga tēnei puia i te āta hū ake me te rere o te tahepuia i te mata o te whenua. Kāore e tino poupou ngā tahataha. Hei tauira, ko te moutere o Tūhua (RP 2009:336). / Shield volcano: This type of volcano is built with steady eruptions and the lava flowing over the surface of the land. The sides are not very steep, e.g. Mayor Island.
puia koeko Play
1. (noun) cone-shaped volcano.
Ko te puia koeko: He rahi ngā toka hou ka puta i te wāhi i hū ake ai te tokarewa ki waho (RP 2009:336). / Cone-shaped volcano: A large amount of new rock appears at the place where the magma erupts.
puia kōpuku Play
1. (noun) dome volcano.
Ko Motutaiko i te moana o Taupō he tauira o te puia kōpuku. / Motutaiko in Lake Taupō is an example of a dome volcano.
puia korehāhā Play
1. (noun) extinct volcano.
E kore te puia korehāhā e hū ake anō (RP 2009:336). / An extinct volcano will never erupt again.
pū Play
1. (verb) (-ia,-ria) to make into a bundle or ball.
Pūia ngā raupō mō te whare (W 1971:300). / Bundle up the raupō leaves for the house.
2. (verb) to lie in a heap.
Ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi (W 1971:300). / When the worn-out net lies in a heap the new net goes fishing.
3. (modifier) double, twice.
Tae rawa atu ahau ki Manaia kua hihinga kē ngā tāngata i taua taru; hokotahi mā rua ngā tāngata i ngaro rawa atu i taua mate, i te karawaka, ā, tokorima pū ngā tāngata i rokohanga atu e takoto ana (TPM 2/2/1863:4). / When I finally reached Manaia people had already been smitten by that disease; twelve people were dead from that illness, typhus fever, and I came upon ten people lying there.
4. (noun) bunch, bundle, clump, tuft, anything growing in a bunch, skilled person, wise person.
Ka tango ki te pū wīwī, ka rere iho taua wahine nei ki roto ki te kōruarua, ākina iho hoki taua pū wīwī nei (NM 1928:9). / The woman removed the clump of rushes and fled down into the hole and replaced the clump of rushes.
5. (noun) heap, stack.
Ka titiro hoki ki te whata o te aruhe, o te mātaitai, ki te pū o te kupenga (NM 1928:68). / And he looked at the platform, on which there was fern root and seafood, and at the heap of fishing net.
6. (noun) exponent, indice, power.
Hei tohu te pū i te whakareatanga tāruarua o te tētahi tau. Ka whakanōhia te pū ki te koko whakarunga i te taha matau o te tau, ā, ko tāna, he tohu i te maha o taua tau e whakareatia ana (TRP 2010:208). / The exponent/indice/power is a symbol for the repeated multiplication of a number. The power is shown at the top right hand corner of the number, and indicates how many of that number are being multiplied together.
mātai Play
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to inspect, examine, investigate, scan, observe, note.
Haere ki te mātai i ō waka (W 1971:187). / Go and inspect your pigeon troughs.
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to gaze at intently, gaze longingly.
Tāu mahi he mātai: kāore koe e whakamā? (W 1971:187). / You are staring: aren't you embarrassed?
3. (noun) field of study, -ology - used with names of fields of science, e.g. mātai puia for volcanology.
He peka matua te mātai koiora o te mātauranga pūtaiao e aro ana ki ngā mea ora i roto anō i ō rātou pūnaha hauropi (RP 2009:279). / Biology is a major branch of science focusing on living things in their ecosystems.
