paka
1. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to be dried, baked, hot (of the sun).
Me i paka te kai, ka reka (W 1971:250). / If the food is baked it is tasty.
Ko tō mātau kāinga he kāinga tahito kua pakatia i ngā i tini tūpuhi o te wā (TWK 17:2). / Our home was an old home that had been weatherbeaten from the many storms of time.
2. (modifier) dried, baked, hot (of the sun).
Ka kawea he kai takoto roa ki reira, he ika maroke, he kete aruhe paka, he pāua maroke, he tahā huahua, he karaka tao maroke, he kete tawa tao whakamaroke (JPS 1919:85). / Some long lasting food was taken there, dried fish, kits of baked fernroot, dried pāua, preserved birds, cooked dried karaka berries and kits of cooked dried tawa berries.
Synonyms: pakapaka
3. (noun) scraps, dried food.
E kore te hiakai e ngata i ngā paka nei (PK 2008:565). / Hunger will not be satisfied with these scraps.
paka
1. (verb) to quarrel.
Ka paka te tokorua rā, ka wehe rāua. / The pair quarreled and then they separated.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (loan) (noun) bugger.
pāka
1. (loan) (noun) box.
Ā pau noa ngā rā tekau mā tahi me ngā pō hoki e tinei ana i te ahi, kore rawa e taea, i tēnei takiwā kua tata tonu te ahi ki te wāhi e takoto ana ngā pāka paura (HTK 8/7/1893:7). / And for eleven days and nights we were fighting to extinguish the fire without success and at this time the fire was quite close to the place where the boxes of gunpowder were lying.
2. (loan) (noun) dock (court).
...engari i tū anō a te Kahu ki roto i te pāka i te kōti, ka pangaia ana te kēhi ki waho... (TJ 12/10/1899:8). / ...but Te Kahu did stand in the dock in court and the case was thrown out...
3. (loan) (noun) pack, packet, container.
…e waru poro tupeka ki te mea kotahi me ētahi pāka hikareti me ētahi pukapuka hei kōrero (TP 9/1902:2-3). / …eight blocks of tobacco for each person, some packs of cigarettes, and some books to read.
Synonyms: kawenga, pīkau, pōrukuruku, pēke, whakawhāiti, tatai, mōkī, pākete, pūhera
pāka
1. (loan) (noun) park.
Ko te huihuinga i runga ake nei, i tū i te Hātare kua hori ake nei, ki Wikitōria Pāka o Kaiherau (TJ 1/2/1898:3). / The meeting mentioned above was held last Saturday at Victoria Park in Kaiherau.
Synonyms: papa rēhia
Pāka
1. (loan) (personal name) Parker, Park.
He kōrero whakapatipati, he kōrero tinihanga nā tētahi Pākehā ware, ko Pāka tōna ingoa, ka hoatu e Ngāti Paoa aua moni ki a ia; nō te taenga atu ki tōna ringa, ka mau, haere ana, ngaro tonu atu me ngā moni (AO 1/1861:17) / Through smooth talking and trickery, an ignorant Pākehā, called Parker, managed to get Ngāti Paoa to pay that money to him and when it reached his hand he departed and disappeared with the money.
purari paka
1. (loan) (interjection) bloody bugger! blast! damn! you bugger, that bugger, you so-and-so - a curse indicating annoyance, dislike or mild anger towards someone.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)
Ko te 'pūrari paka' he kohukohu nā te Pākehā. / 'Bloody bugger' is a Pākehā curse.
See also paka
