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pīkau

1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria,-tia) to carry on the back, get on the back of someone else, piggyback, carry, take care of, convey.

E rongo ana te taringa i tōna toa ki te haere i roto i ngā kōkiri; ki te amo mai i ngā taotū i roto i te mura o te ahi ki te wāhi i te ora; ki te pīkau mai i ngā tāngata kua mate kē ki tētahi wāhi tika hei tāpukenga mō rātou (TKO 30/10/1920:10). / We've heard of his bravery in going into the attacks; in the heat of battle to carry out the wounded on his shoulder to a safe place; to carry out the men who had already died to an appropriate place for them to be buried.

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2. (noun) backpack, pack.

Kei ō rātou tuarā ko ngā pīkau pupuri i ā rātou rākau whawhai. / On their backs were the packs holding their weapons.

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Synonyms: peketua, kawenga, pāka, pōrukuruku, pēke, whakawhāiti

peketua

1. (noun) frog, Hochstetter's frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri - a small brown endemic frog found only in parts of the northern North Island.

Synonyms: pepeke, pepeketua


2. (noun) centipede.

Ka whakahaua e Whiro āna tini, ngā namu poto, ngā naonao, ngā rō, ngā peketua, ngā pepe-te-muimui, ngā pekepeke haratua, ētahi manu, ētahi pekapeka (Te Ara 2012). / Whiro sent his army – small sandflies, midges, stick insects, centipedes, butterflies, and crane flies, as well as some birds and some bats.

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3. (noun) load carried on the back, backpack.

Synonyms: pīkau

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