pahū
1. (verb) to burst, explode, pop.
Muri iho ka pahū katoa ake te kaipuke, pakaru rawa ana, totohu tonu iho (TWMNT 9/2/1875:35). / After that the ship exploded, broke up and sank.
Synonyms: pāhūhū, whakapāhūhū, pākōkō, pakō
2. (noun) bang, boom, loud noise, pop, booming.
Nā te āhua tonu o tana tinana, me te āhua anō o te pārua, ka paoro te 'pahū' ki ngā hau e whā (HM 4/1998:5). / Because of the nature of its body and the shape of the hollow, the booming resounds to the four winds.
3. (noun) gong - usually made of wood. Some were semi-hollowed logs suspended between trestles, some were made from semi-hollowed trees, while slabs of pounamu were suspended from trees and beaten.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 167;)
Ko ngā pahū hākaro ka whakairihia (Wh3 2003:167). / The hollow gongs are suspended.
4. (noun) drum.
taramu
1. (loan) (noun) drum.
Ka haere te pāna me ana taramu, me ana piukara, me ana mea whakatangitangi katoa, ka haere ki te kāri o Kāpene Rata i Taipō whakatangi ai (TW 28/10/1870:5). / The band with its drums, bugles and all its musical instruments went to captain Russell's garden at Taipō to play.
2. (loan) (noun) drum (musical instrument).
Whakahīhī ana tā mātau whakatangi haere i ā mātau pūtōrino, me te patu i ā mātau pēne e rua (HP 1991:33). / We proudly walked along playing our flutes and beating our two drums.
