papaki
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to slap, spank, pat, clap, strike together, make a clapping noise, blow gently upon.
Kāore i ārikarika ngā pātaitai a taku māmā ki a au, me te papaki i aku taringa (HP 1991:23). / My mother asked me a lot of questions and slapped my ears.
Synonyms: paki, taupaki, pokipoki, pōpō, hokomirimiri
2. (noun) smacking, spanking, smack, slap.
E whae mā, ki taku whakaaro kāhore rawa he painga o te papaki, o te rūrū rānei i te tamaiti paku (TP 7/1905:3). / Mothers, I think smacking or shaking a young child is of absolutely no benefit.
3. (noun) clapping chant - game played by two players clapping in unison to a chant.
Ka whakakitea ngā mahi a Rau-kata-uri i reira, te waiata, te pūtōrino, te kōauau, te tōkere, te tī ringaringa, te tī rākau, te pākuru, te papaki, te porotiti: mutu katoa ēnei mea kāore hoki a Kae i kata (NM 1928:30). / The activities of Rau-kata-uri were displayed there, singing, the long flute, the short flute, the castanets, hand games, stick games, playing the mouth resonator, hand clapping and the humming disc: when all these things ended Kae still hadn't laughed.
2. (verb) to flap.
Me kī koia nei te hunga kua pakipaki ngā parirau, kua rere, kua topaki, kua tauihi, kua tapakō (HM 4/1997:5). / Let's say that this is the flock that have flapped their wings, flown, hovered, soared and swooped down.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to besiege.
E whitu rā e pakipakitia ana, ka horo (TTR 1990:40). / After besieging it for seven days, it fell.
4. (noun) clapping, applause.
5. (noun) siege.
Ka whakataungia e Ngāti Porou kua rite i ngā mate o Te Whānau-a-Apanui tā rātau take, ka hīkina te pakipaki, hoki atu ana ki te kāenga (TTR 1990:37). / Ngāti Porou decided that the suffering of Te Whānau-a-Apanui was sufficient and the siege ended and they returned home.
Synonyms: awhi
6. (noun) wallet (with a flap to cover the opening).
7. (noun) fin.
2. (noun) wooden clappers, flax clappers - made from the thick woody end of a flax leaf.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 167;)
He ōrite te tōkere ki te pākōkō, ki te pākēkē (Wh3 2003:167). / Castanets are like wooden and flax clappers.
tī papaki ringa
1. (noun) hand-clapping.
Nā, ka tae te mahi, he kū, he pākuru, he tō, he pūtōrino, he kōauau, he tōrehe, he tī papaki ringa, he porotiti, he kaupeka - kāore a Kae i kata (JPS 1928:270). / So they tried playing kū, pākuru, tō, pūtōrino, kōauau, tōrehe, hand-clapping, porotiti, and kaupeka - but Kae did not laugh.
pākia
1. (verb) to be slapped, patted, clapped, struck together - passive form of paki.
Ka tukuna mai e ia ana karere ki te tango i te āria o Māui, arā i tētahi wāhi o ōna toto, hei mākutu māna. Ka tukuna mai ko Kahukura, he pūrerehua; ka pākia e Māui, ka mate tērā (M 2006:206). / She sent her messengers to take away the likeness of Māui; that is, some of his blood, upon which she could exercise black magic. So she sent Kahukura the moth, and Māui slapped at it,and killed it (M 2006:207).
