puna

1. (verb) to well up, flow.

2. (noun) spring (of water), well, pool.

He puna wai tō mātau (HP 1991:18). / We had a spring of water.

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Synonyms: kōroto, whakamoana, hāroto, hārotoroto, papawai, pūroto, pūrotoroto

puna manawa

1. (noun) mineral water.

puna hinu

1. (noun) oil well.

Ko te tino whakaaro anō hoki o Tiamana kia mate a Romānia nō te mea he whenua tino hua mō te witi me ērā atu āhua kai, ā he tino wāhi hoki tēnei nō Ūropi mō ana puna hinu (TKO 11/1916:5). / And the main plan of the Germans is to defeat Romania because it is a country with huge resources of wheat and other sorts of food, and it is also the main source of oil wells in Europe.

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puna torotī

1. (noun) fountain.

puna manawa

1. (noun) spring (of water), oasis.

He puna manawa te whakapono nō te ngākau e kore nei he āheinga atu mā te hinengaro (Milroy 2016). / Faith is an oasis in the heart where the mind has no jurisdiction (Milroy 2016).

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puna kaukau

1. (noun) pool.

Koia te tino mahi a aku tamariki, arā, te haere ki te puna kaukau i te hikuwai o te tau. That's what my children love doing, going to the pools during the summer days. /

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puna wai

1. (noun) drinking fountain.

Arahina a Hēmi ki te wāhi o te puna wai. Show Hēmi where the drinking fountain is. /

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Puna Rangahau, Te

1. Centre for Māori Studies and Research at The University of Waikato.

puna kaukau korohuhū

1. (noun) spa pool.

Ka tae te koroua nei ki te kāinga o Stan Pio Keepa i Tāmaki-makau-rau, ka kite i te puna kaukau korohuhū nei (EM 2002:226). / When this elderly man arrived at the home of Stan Pio Keepa in Auckland, he saw the spa pool.

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puna manawa whenua

1. (noun) spring from deep underground, unfailing spring.

Nā ka keri ngā pononga a Īhaka ki te awaawa, ā ka kitea e rātou i reira he puna manawa whenua (PT Kenehi 26:19). / And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

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Ngā Puna Waihanga

1. Māori artists and writers organisation.

Puna o te kī

1. The fount of words: said of someone wise and eloquent.

Haere ki te puna o te kī māna koe e whakaako / Go to the wise one she will teach you.

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Puna Kōrero Whenua, Te

1. Department of Survey and Land Information.

puna o te kī

1. spring of profound words - a kupu whakarite.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 248;)

Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Te

1. National Library of New Zealand.

Nō muri mai ka whakanōhia ki Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa kia mātakitakina e te tini me te mano (Te Ara 2011). / Later it was deposited in the National Library of New Zealand where it can be viewed by everybody.

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Kā Puna-karikari-a-Rākaihautū

1. (location) collective name for all the lakes along the Southern Alps and in Fiordland.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) (personal noun) NZ Childcare Association.

kupumahi punarua

1. (noun) di-transitive verb.

mana whakaheke

1. (noun) inherited status, mana through descent - mana that originates from the atua and is handed down through the senior male line from the atua. Also called mana tūpuna or mana tuku iho.

(Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 6;)

tīpuna tāne

1. (noun) grandfathers, grand-uncles, great-uncles, male ancestors - the eastern dialect form of tūpuna tāne and plural form of tipuna tāne.

Kātahi anō ka tuku te wahine ariki, te tāne ariki me te tamaiti ariki ki raro o te paparoa, ka whakarewaia mai te ua o ngā kahu o te paparoa, ka mauria e ngā mātua tāne ranei, e ngā tīpuna tāne rānei, ka tīmata te hoki ki te kāinga (JPS 1929:266). / The highborn woman, husband and child now moved under the paparoa, the garments were lifted by the collars and carried away by the male parents or male grandparents, and the return to the village commenced.

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Synonyms: tūpuna tāne

puna

puna manawa

puna hinu

puna torotī

puna manawa

puna kaukau

puna wai

Puna Rangahau, Te

puna kaukau korohuhū

puna manawa whenua

Ngā Puna Waihanga

Puna o te kī

Puna Kōrero Whenua, Te

puna o te kī

Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Te

Kā Puna-karikari-a-Rākaihautū

Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa, Te

kupumahi punarua

mana whakaheke

tīpuna tāne

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