pakū
1. (verb) to make a sudden sound, explode.
I taua wā tonu, pakū ana te pū (TTR 1996:180). / At the very moment, a gun went off.
Synonyms: pākōkō
2. (verb) to resound.
Ka mea mai anō taua wahine, "Arā kia kite i te tangata e haere mai nei tōna rongo, ka pakū nei i ngā whenua." (NM 1928:160). / The woman then said, "When you see the man his reputation comes with him, it resounds through the land."
Synonyms: māorooro, tōiriiri, oro, paoro, haruru, hau, hū, tōiri, papahū, ngātoro, tūpapahū, pohū, pakō, papā, pāorooro
3. (noun) explosion, report.
Ahakoa te hāngai tonu atu nei ki te pakū mai o te pohū me ngā pū itiiti, riro ana nā Manahi tonu i hautū te kōkiri atu o āna tāngata i te hoariri (TTR 2000:112). / Despite the explosion of grenades and small-arms, Manahi personally led his men in the charge against the enemy.
Synonyms: rongo, rongorongo, hau, pūrongo, pūrongorongo, rīpoata, kupu whakatau
2. (stative) crack, fart.
2. (noun) explosion, bang.
Tumeke ana mātau i te kaha o te pohū. / We were startled by the loud explosion.
3. (noun) grenade, bomb, dynamite.
Ahakoa te hāngai tonu atu nei ki te pakū mai o te pohū me ngā pū itiiti, riro ana nā Manahi tonu i hautū te kōkiri atu o āna tāngata i te hoariri (TTR 2000:112). / Despite the explosion of grenades and small-arms, Manahi personally led his men in the charge against the enemy.
pahūtanga
1. (noun) eruption, explosion.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 77-93; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
I te pahūtanga tuatahi e rua tekau mā iwa ngā mea i mate, nō tō muri iho e whā tekau mā rima, huihui katoa e whitu tekau mā whā ngā tāngata i mate (TPH 26/7/1912:2). / In the first explosion twenty-nine died and in the one that followed another forty-five, and all together seventy-four people died.
2. (noun) bomb.
3. (noun) explosion.
hū
1. (verb) to resound, make an inarticulate sound.
Ko te kiripaka a Ngātoro-i-rangi anō i titi ai ki te tihi o Tongariro i puta ake ai ko Ngāuruhoe, te ngāwhā e hū rā i te tihi o te maunga (JPS 1893:223). / The flint which Ngātoro-o-rangi stuck into the summit of Tongariro which caused Ngāuruhoe, the volcano that roars on the summit of the mountain.
Synonyms: kotokoto, māorooro, tōiriiri, oro, pakū, paoro, haruru, hau, tōiri, papahū, ngātoro, tūpapahū, pohū, pakō, papā, pāorooro
2. (verb) to erupt, bubble up, boil.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 77-84; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
Kātahi a Mākereti ka huri, ka kitea tonutia atu i te ngāwhā, i a Papakura e hū ana, ā, ka whakautu tonu atu, ko Papakura tōna ingoa, arā, ko Maggie Papakura (TTR 1996:120). / Then Mākareti turned and saw the geyser called Papakura bubbling away and she answered immediately that Papakura was her name, that is Maggie Papakura.
3. (verb) to make a booming sound, hoot - the call made by birds such as the bittern.
Kei te matuku e hū ana i te repo, ' Hū.' (TKO 30/7/1921:5) / The bittern makes a deep booming call in the swamp, 'Hū.'
4. (verb) to be rumoured.
I hū haere tonu ngā whakapae mō ngā mau herehere e tūkino, e kōhurutia ana (TTR 2000:10). / It was rumoured that prisoners were mistreated and murdered.
5. (verb) to call out (as a signal), cooee.
Rongo ana au i te kaikaranga e hū mai ana ka tangohia e au ngā tīni me te kara o taku hōiho kia wawe ai te tae ki ngā poti i tātahi (Wh3 2003:14). / As soon as I heard the caller cooeeing, I took off the chains and the collar of my horse so that I could be at the boat at the beach quickly.
6. (interjection) cooee.
7. (noun) explosive sound, eruption (volcanic).
I te pō o te 10 o Hune 1886, arā, i te pō o te hū, e 62 ngā tāngata i whakaruruhia e Te Paea i tōna whare i Te Wairoa (TTR 1994:25). / On the night of 10 June 1886, that is the night of the eruption, Sophia sheltered 62 people in her house at Te Wairoa.
8. (noun) tenor, drift (of a speech).
Ko te hū o tāna whaikorero, kia tūpato kei pēhia tō tātou reo e te kāwanatanga. / The tenor of his speech was to be cautious lest our language be suppressed by the government.
2. (noun) explosion, detonator, shelling.
Ka rangona te whakapakū o ngā pū nunui a te hoariri ia rā, ia rā. / The shelling of the artillery of the enemy was heard each day.
tingara
1. (loan) (noun) percussion cap - a small amount of explosive powder contained in metal or paper and exploded by striking, used formerly in guns.
Ko te tino whare tēnei o te Tai Rāwhiti hei hoko i ngā paura, hōta, tingara, pū, me aua tū mea katoa (KO 22/5/1883:1). / This is the best establishment on the East Coast to buy powder, shot, percussion caps, guns and those types of munitions.
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.
hoata
1. (loan) (noun) shot - a single non-explosive missile for a 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: panganga, matā, hōta, paneke, pao taka, tītere tautuku, tītere
