pī
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to slight, take no notice of, ignore, disregard, pay no attention to.
Kia puta noa te rongo kua patua he ihorei, kua whakamaniorotia, kua pīhia rānei tētahi taha e tētahi, ka kaha kē atu te tutū o te puehu (TTR 1990:297). / Whenever a major chief was killed or insults made or one side was slighted by the other, fighting intensified.
Synonyms: whakaturi, whātuturi, whakatuturi, whakangongo
2. (noun) corner of the eye or mouth, eye.
He toretore kei te pī o te karu (PK 2008:630). / There's inflammation at the corner of the eye.
Ahakoa e kōrero ana taua koroua, e aha ana rānei, he hikareti kei te pī o te waha, he mea nāna tonu i pōkai (HJ 2012:262). / Whether that elderly man is talking, or whatever, there is a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, one that he has rolled himself.
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) source, origin.
Ko ngā pī o te pounamu i te takiwā ki Arahura me Māwhera te kaupapa o te haere (TTR 1990:371). / The reason for the travel was to go to the sources of greenstone in the Arahura and Grey River regions.
Synonyms: kunenga, takenga, pūnga, toi, pū, ahunga, orokohanga, mātāwai, pūtake, ūkaipō, orokohanganga, take
pī
1. (loan) (noun) P - pure methamphetamine.
Synonyms: pūtūtaewhetū
titiro pī
1. (verb) to look askance, look sideways, look at suspiciously, look at with doubt.
Arā anō te reo o te kanohi, tae atu ki te kori o te tinana. Tērā pea kua titiro pī, kua tīkoro rānei ngā whatu, kua puku rānei te rae, kua hī ngā pewa, kua menemene rānei ngā pāpāringa (HKK 1999:7). / Then there's facial expressions and body movements. Perhaps looking askance, rolling the eyes, or looking angry, raising the eyebrows, or smiling.
Synonyms: kōripi, tiro korotaha, titiro korotaha, titiro whakakeko, titiro whakapī, matakarapa, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, korotaha
ngutu pī
1. (noun) babbler, talkative person, chatterbox.
Ngutu pī: He waha kōrero wawau; mō ngā mea kōrero rorirori; he mea whakarite ki te pī manu (JPS 1929:48). / Babbler: A person who talks rubbish; for the ones who talk about trivial matters; they are compared to chicks.
He pai ake te ngutu pī i te ngutu kopi (HJ 2017:22). / A chatterbox is better than a non-talker.
Synonyms: komarero
pī te/ngā tero
1. full as a bull, can't finish, couldn't do it - an idiom to express someone's inability to complete a task.
He māmā noa iho ngā mahi i hoatu hei pīkau māna. Ka taea e te tino tamariki te mahi. Taka mai ki tērā rā, kua pī te tero (HKK 1999:102). / The tasks for her to complete were quite easy. Even children could do them. But right up to that day she couldn't do them.
kua pī te tero
1. full to overflowing (with food), bloated, overfull (of food) - an idiom to indicate that someone is absolutely full of food.
Rangi: E hoa, kua pī te tero. Pare: E tama, kāore anō koe kia pā ki ngā kōura (HKK 1999:157). / Rangi: My mate, I'm full as a bull. Pare: Son, you haven't touched the crayfish yet.
pae
1. (loan) (noun) pi.
Ka whakamahia tēnei pū Kiriki hei tohu i tētahi tau motuhake, i te pae. Ahakoa te rahi o tētahi porowhita, ina wehea tōna paenga ki tōna whitianga, ko tēnei tau (π) te otinga mai. He mutunga kore ōna mati whaiira. Kei ngā tātaitai tētahi pātuhi mō te pae (π). Koia nei te pae ki ngā mati whaiira e ono: 3.141592 (TRP 2010:186). / This letter from the Greek alphabet is used as a symbol for this number, pi. If the circumference of a circle is divided by its diameter, this number (π) will be the result. It is an irrational number, its decimal places are infinite. Calculators have a key for this number. Pae (π) to six decimal places is: 3.141592 (TRP 2010:186).
