2. (noun) pipe, tube, flute - used as a prefix for some wind instruments, e.g. pūkaea, pūtātara, pūtōrino.
Wiria he puare ki te pū hei wenewene (RTP 2015:76). / Bore holes in the flute as finger holes.
Synonyms: kōrere wai, paipa, kōrere, momi
3. (noun) gun, musket, firearm.
I te pakanga o Te Kakara, i kō tata mai i te roto o Taharoa, ko Te Pēhi tētahi o ngā rangatira tokowhā o Ngāti Toa, he pū tāna (TTR 1990:246). / At the battle of Te Kakara, near Lake Taharoa, Te Pehi was one of four Ngāti Toa chiefs armed with a musket.
He manuao ririki rawa iho ēnei, he torutoru ōna pū, he tere, ko tana tino rākau patu he tōpiro (TP 11/1899:3). / These are much smaller warships, with few guns, are faster and their main weapons are torpedoes.
Synonyms: ngutu pārera, purukumu, pū okaoka, pū hoata, pū ngutu pārera
4. (noun) duct.
He pū kei roto i te tinana hei kawe i ngā momo wē, pērā i te roimata, te waiate me te toto (RP 2009:329). / In the body, ducts carry different types of liquid, such as tears, bile and blood (RP 2009:329).
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.
Synonyms: kāuki, kāike, pūhangaiti, kāika, tihi, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, pūranga, haupū, pūkai, haipū, pīhangaiti, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta
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.
Synonyms: kōmārohi, kaha, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, maru, awe, hiko, ihi, awenga, mana whakahaere
2. (noun) (mathematics) power.
pū
1. (particle) exactly, precisely - an intensifier which follows the word it modifies.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 181;)
Ahakoa kāore i matatau rawa ia ki te kōrero Māori ā-kīwaha, i tua atu i te reo ā-tuhi, i kaha pū tonu a Pat ki te whakaū i te reo ā-waha, me ngā tikanga Māori anō hoki (TTR 2000:81). / Although she was not very fluent in colloquial Māori, Pat placed strong emphasis on the spoken as well as the written language and on cultural practices.
Synonyms: koia pū
2. (particle) precise, very, exact - when following a noun.
3. (particle) completely, absolutely, very.
He hoa taupiri, he hoa pono pū a Toka nōku (HJ 2015:96). / Toka is an intimate and very close friend of mine.
Synonyms: tahi, mōrukaruka, mārire, pohapoha, puru, piropiro, hāwerewere, rukaruka, mārie, ehara ehara, anō, moruka, te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ..., mārika
5. (noun) origin, source, cause, root, base, foundation, letter (alphabet), centre, core, hub.
pū
1. (verb) to loath, hate, detest, despise, abhor.
Pū ana a roto, kē ana a waho (TWMNT 6/7/1875:159). / Inwardly hating, outwardly quite the contrary (NP 2001:346). (A whakataukī to describe someone who is able to hide their ill-feeling.)
Synonyms: konekone, whakahouhou, koto, whakawhēuaua
pū tiripapā
1. (noun) repeater gun.
I mua atu i te whānautanga o Taare, he karawhiutanga a Hakaroa nā ngā pū tiripapā a Ngāti Toa i ngā tau whakamutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1820 (TTR 1994:179). / Before Taare was born the Banks Peninsula region had been savaged by repeater guns of Ngāti Toa in the late 1820s.
pū teretere
1. (noun) autocannon, automatic cannon - a rapid-fire projectile weapon that fires explosive shell.
Kua rite noa atu ngā mahi a te Poa mō te whawhai. Kua whakanohoia ngā pū repo me ngā pū teretere, ki te takiwā pai o runga i aua hiwi me te whanga mai ki ngā hōia a te Ingarihi (TPH 30/11/1899:10). / The preparations of the Boars for the battle had been completed long ago. The cannons and autocannons had been set in place in the best positions on those hills and were waiting for the English soldiers.
pū hoata
1. (noun) musket.
Ka huihui rātou, ka whakatakoto i ā rātou kaupapa ki te ono kai, ki te tapahi harakeke, ki te topetope rākau, hei hoko atu ki te Pākehā kia riro mai ai he pū hoata (TTR 1990:90). / They gathered together and set out their plan to plant crops, cut flax, chop down trees to trade with the Pākehā to obtain muskets.
Synonyms: ngutu pārera, purukumu, pū okaoka, pū, pū ngutu pārera
pū harakeke
1. (noun) clump of flax - also used figuratively for 'grassroots'.
Ka whakatata atu a Mētara me tana rōpū, ka huna i raro i ngā rauaruhe, i ngā rākau, me ngā pū harakeke (TWK 2:7). / When Mētara and his party approached they hid under the bracken fern, trees and clumps of flax.
He wero nui ki ngā iwi te whakapākehā i ngā tikanga Māori hei whakahaere i ngā kaupapa ahumoni. He āhuatanga rerekē te pū harakeke ki ngā tikanga rangatōpū o Pākehā mā (Te Ara 2014). / Translating Māori customs into a way of management of financial systems is a big challenge for iwi. The ‘flax roots’ style is somewhat different from the corporate hierarchies of Pākehā.
See also pūharakeke
hāpai pū
1. (verb) to take up arms, carry guns.
I kaha tā mātou tohe kia kaua anō koutou e hāpai pū ki te whawhai ki te Kāwanatanga, kāhore kau i rongo, turi tonu koutou (TWMNT 14/5/1873:50). / We strongly urged you not to take up arms again to fight the Government, but you took no notice, you were quite obstinate.
kawau pū
1. (noun) black shag, great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae - largest shag, black with browner wings and tail and white patch on cheeks and throat. Facial skin yellow. Bill grey, eye green, feet black. Found on rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters.
See also kawau
Synonyms: kawau, kawau tuawhenua
niho pū
1. (noun) premolar tooth.
Ko ngā waha tētahi, ka āta tū ngā niho tapahi me ngā niho pū kātahi ka tino oti tēnā whakamoe tāne, wahine (JPS 1927:352). / The mouth was another thing, an even set of incisors and of premolar teeth was deemed desirable, and, if all these things were satisfactory, then marriage was assured.
See also niho pūrākau
Synonyms: niho pūrākau
poka pū
1. (noun) centre spot, direct route, short cut, middle, centre, hub, bull's-eye, core, nucleus, axis, agency.
I mea ia me taiāwhio pea tana haere rā tahaki, e kore e poka pū tana haere i waenganui taua koraha (TWMNT 24/3/1874:71). / He decided that he should probably go around the side and not straight through the middle of the open country.
See also pokapū
Synonyms: waengapū, waengarahi, pokapū, pokapūtanga, wē
