patu
1. (verb) (-a) to strike, hit, beat, assault, kill, subdue, ill-treat.
Ko tēnei tū tohorā he tohorā tipua, kāore e pērā ana i ētahi atu tū āhua tohorā e patua ana i konei, arā i te hamupēke, i te pāmu-wēra (TP 10/1902:11). / This type of whale is a demon, it's not like some other kinds of whales which are killed here, such as the humpback and the sperm whale.
Synonyms: whakahinga, tinei, whakamate, tope, tukituki
2. (noun) beating, hitting, assault, killing, weapon, club.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 31;)
Nō te matenga o Paurini, he rangatira nō Ngāti Tūwharetoa, i Te Pōrere i Oketopa, ka rere atu te pouaru ki a Kawepō, kātahi ka hāua atu ā muri o te māhunga ki te patu (TTR 1990:31). / When Paurini, a chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, was killed at Te Pōrere in October, the widow leapt at Kawepō and clubbed him on the back of his head.
See also patu pounamu
pātū
2. (noun) disinfectant.
patu taringa
1. tell a fib, tell a lie, pull someone’s leg.
Pare: I mea mai a Tau i wini koe i te rōtō. Rangi: Kei te patu taringa kē ia. / Pare: Tau said you won the lotto. Rangi: He’s pulling your leg.
Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau
2. (noun) genocide.
Ki a tātou, he mea whakarihariha te patu iwi. / To us, genocide is a shocking thing.
patu parāoa
1. (noun) short club made of whalebone.
Ka whakaritea ngā tāngata hei pātaritari atu i te ngutu o te ana, ka rite; ka whakaritea ngā tāngata mau kāheru, me ngā tāngata mau patu, taoroa, patu parāoa, meremere, ka rite (TWM 15/7/1863:3). / When the men to lure it out were in place at the mouth of the cave, the men holding spades and the men armed with clubs, long spears, whalebone clubs, greenstone clubs were set in place.
patu tohorā
1. (verb) to hunt whales, whaling.
Ko Kaikōura Whakatau te kaingārahu o Ngāi Tahu i te takiwā o Kaikōura puta noa i ngā 25 tau o te tīmatanga o te taetae mai o te Pākehā ki te patu tohorā, me te tīmatanga o te mahi ahu whenua i te tekau tau atu i 1840 (TTR 1994:37). / Kaikōura Whakatau was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in the Kaikōura district throughout the first 25 years of the Pākehā arrival to hunt whales, and the commencement of farming in the 1840s.
patu ngaro
1. (noun) fly swat, fly swatter, fan to keep flies away.
He waiata tēnei nā te wahine, i a ia e tāwhiriwhiri ana i te kanohi o tana tāne mate i runga i te atamira ki te patu ngaro, he patu rango ki ētahi he papaki rango ki ētahi iwi (M 2006:20). / This is a song by a woman, which she sang as she fanned her dead husband's face as he lay upon the elevated platform, using a patu ngaro, a fan to keep flies away. It is variously known among different tribes as a patu rango and papaki rango (M 2006:21).
See also patu rango
patu rango
1. (noun) fly swat, fly swatter, fan to keep flies away.
He waiata tēnei nā te wahine, i a ia e tāwhiriwhiri ana i te kanohi o tana tāne mate i runga i te atamira ki te patu ngaro, he patu rango ki ētahi he papaki rango ki ētahi iwi (M 2006:20). / This is a song by a woman, which she sang as she fanned her dead husband's face as he lay upon the elevated platform, using a patu ngaro, a fan to keep flies away. It is variously known among different tribes as a patu rango and papaki rango (M 2006:21).
