pī
1. (noun) young (of birds), chick.
E rua ngā mahinga tītī: ko te nanao ki te pī i te rua; ko te rama pī ka puea i ō rātou rua (Te Ara 2011). / There are two stage in harvesting muttonbirds (sooty shearwaters): nanao, when chicks are extracted from their burrows; and rama, when the chicks are caught by torchlight when they come out of their burrows.
2. (noun) chick, young of birds.
Ka paopao tuatahi te hua o te rāwaho, ka tahuri te pīpī ki te pana i ngā hua kē, kia riro ko ia anake te pī ka whāngaihia ki te kai (Te Ara 2012). / The intruder’s egg hatched first, and the chick pushed out the other eggs so it was the only chick to be fed.
toie
1. (noun) chick of southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus - young bird in its first winter has a black bill, dark brown feet and is mottled below and barred above grey and brown.
Synonyms: kaiē, rāpunga, pohio, karoro, kōtingotingo
2. (noun) muttonbird, sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus, young of the sooty shearwater - a grey-faced petrel with a long slender bill hooked at the tip and silvery-grey flash on the underwings, which nests in underground burrows.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 14-16;)
E rua ngā mahinga tītī: ko te nanao ki te pī i te rua; ko te rama pī ka puea i o rātou rua (Te Ara 2011). / There are two stage in harvesting muttonbirds (sooty shearwaters): nanao, when chicks are extracted from their burrows; and rama, when the chicks are caught by torchlight when they come out of their burrows.
