pae
1. (loan) (noun) pi.
Ka whakamahia tēnei pū Kiriki hei tohu i tētahi tau motuhake, i te pae. Ahakoa te rahi o tētahi porowhita, ina wehea tōna paenga ki tōna whitianga, ko tēnei tau (π) te otinga mai. He mutunga kore ōna mati whaiira. Kei ngā tātaitai tētahi pātuhi mō te pae (π). Koia nei te pae ki ngā mati whaiira e ono: 3.141592 (TRP 2010:186). / This letter from the Greek alphabet is used as a symbol for this number, pi. If the circumference of a circle is divided by its diameter, this number (π) will be the result. It is an irrational number, its decimal places are infinite. Calculators have a key for this number. Pae (π) to six decimal places is: 3.141592 (TRP 2010:186).
pae
1. (verb) (pāea) to be cast ashore, aground, stranded, wrecked, lie across, surround with a border, horizontal.
Ka kitea te ika moana e pae ana i uta (W 1971:76). / The whale was found stranded on the shore.
Synonyms: tarapiki
2. (verb) (pāea) to demolish, throw down.
Ka pāea te whare, ka tahuna te whare (Tr 1874:49). / The house was demolished and burnt.
3. (verb) (pāea) to measure the circumference (of a tree).
Ka pāea te rākau rā (W 1971:245). / The circumference of that tree was measured.
4. (noun) horizon, perch, rest, orators' bench, orators, transverse supports of the floor of a canoe, step (of a ladder or staircase), shelf, bar (computer) - anything horizontal.
Kei te whakamoemiti atu te manu meroiti nei ki ētahi o ana kaitautoko e whiu mai nei i ngā hua kāramuramu hei oranga mōna kia kaha ai tana korokī i runga i tōna pae (KO 15/5/1885:4). / This small bird is thanking some of its sponsers who have tossed some karamū berries as sustenance so that its call on its perch will be loud.
Synonyms: tau, tāoki, okioki, whakanā, whakangā, whakatā, taupua, tā, whakamatua
5. (noun) range (series of mountains).
Kia tae koe ki te whā o ngā pae, ka noho ki te whakatā i tō manawa (TP 6/1909:5). / When you reach the fourth range, sit down and rest.
6. (noun) region, direction, vicinity, area.
Ka hemo i te kai, ka haere ki ngā pae o ngā umu rā, hamuhamu ai, ka kite i te mānga aruhe e takoto ana, ka noho, ka kai (TP 6/1909:3). / Being hungry she went to the vicinity of those ovens to scavenge food and when she saw the leftover fern-root lying there, she sat down and ate.
7. (noun) circumference - measured by māro with the arms extended.
He rākau nui, e toru te pae (W 1971:244). / A large tree measuring three fathoms in circumference (W 1971:244).
8. (noun) gums (of the mouth).
Ki te kore e āta horoia ngā niho me ngā pae, tērā pea ka pā he mate ki ngā pae - ka pupuhi, ka wherowhero, ka mamae, ā, ka keha anō te hā (HJ 2012:262). / If the teeth and gums aren't cleaned properly, problems might occur with the gums - they'll swell, become red and painful, and the breath will be foul-smelling.
2. (noun) (rugby league) headbin.
pae hapa
1. (noun) margin of error.
Mehemea e inea ana te rahi o tētahi mea ki te āwhata motukore, e kore e tōtika pū te ine. Mēnā ka kīia ko te 21cm te roa o tētahi mea, ko te tikanga e pātata atu ana ki te 21cm, tērā i te 20cm, i te 22cm rānei. Ko te pae hapa kei waenganui i te 20.5cm me te 21.5cm (TRP 2010:187). / If something is being measured against a continuous scale, the measurement will never be exact. If something is said to be 21cm long, this indicates that the length is closer to 21cm than 20cm or 22cm. The margin of error is between 20.5cm and 21.5cm. (TRP 2010:187).
