pahi

pahī

1. (verb) to ooze, flow, leak, seep.

Ka pahī ōna toto (W 1971:247). / Her blood flowed.

Synonyms: totō, pipī, paheke, papī, komama, mapi, whāwhāki, turuturu

pāhi

1. (loan) (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to pass, succeed, enact.

I raro i tētahi mōtini i pāhitia e te rūnanga o te Kotahitanga ki Papawai, e pēnei ana me tatau te tokomaha o ngā Māori katoa o ngā motu e rua nei (TJ 1/2/1898:2). / A motion was passed by the Kotahitanga assembly at Papawai to the effect that the Māori population of these two islands should be counted.

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Synonyms: maka, ara kūiti, hihipa, tuku

2. (loan) (noun) success, pass, win.

T. Whiua: Mō te ōta pepa a te kāwanatanga e mea atu ana ahau, kia pāhitia i te mea kua oti te pāhi e ngā mema o tērā whare, i tēnei rā i roto i tā rātou kōrero (HTK 10/6/1893:5). / T. Whiua: Concerning the order paper of the government I am suggesting that it be passed because the members of that other house have passed it today in their discussions.

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pāhi

1. (loan) (noun) purse, wallet.

Kua mahue atu i a ia ana moni kei roto i te pāhi i wareware rā i a ia ki tōna whare i te kāinga (TP 7/1904:3). / He had left his money in the purse which he had forgotten to bring and was at his house in the village.

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Synonyms: puhera

pahī

1. (noun) large ocean-going canoe, ship.

Ka whakawhiti te tira i te ara moana mā runga pahī (PK 2008:558). / The travelling party crossed the ocean route on a large ocean-going canoe.

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Synonyms: tima, motu, kaipuke, pora, puke, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere

2. (noun) travelling party, expedition, section of a kinship group.

Tino kore nei e taea e te kupu te whakaea ngā manaaki i uhia mai ki runga i te pahī a te Taura Whiri (HM 4/1994:3). / Words can never repay the hospitality bestowed on the Māori Language Commission's party.

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Synonyms: hapori

1. (loan) (noun) bus.

Haere mai tonu te taraka nei, tukia tonuhia te taha katau o te pahi, hahaetia ana taua taha katoa (HP 1991:8). / This truck continued coming, crashing right into the right side of the bus, tearing away all that side.

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pāhī

1. (verb) (-tia) to strike, beat, hit.

Kaua e pāhītia te tamaiti nā! / Don't hit that child!

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pāhi

1. (loan) (noun) boss, employer.

Ka hōhā a Hera, te pāhi o ngā pirihō, ka kohete (HW 1969:17) / Hera, the boss of the fleecos, was fed up and scolded them.

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pāhi

1. (loan) (verb) to be passed (especially of time).

Nō te tau 1873, ka tae mai awau ki tēnei kura, ki te Kāreti o Te Aute me ōku hoa, hei teina, tuakana rāua ki a au, ā ka pāhi te tau ka hoki mātou ki ō mātou kāinga... (TW 20/7/1878:9/365). / In 1873 I arrived at this school, Te Aute College, with my younger brother and older brother and when the year had passed, we returned to our homes...

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Synonyms: hipa

2. (loan) (noun) past (time).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 28;)

I ū te kaipuke i te hāwhe pāhi o te waru i te pō. / The ship birthed at half past eight at night.

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Synonyms: hori, hihipa, hipa

pahi

1. (noun) temporary camping place.

Kāore e roa e noho ana ka neke te pahi he wāhi anō noho ai (JPS 1922:15). / They don't stay in a place long before they move their camp to another place to live.

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