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. (modifier) small, little, minute, tiny, diminutive.
I roto māua i tētahi rūma paku i muri o te whare e purei kāri ana. / He and I were in a small room at the back of the house playing cards.
He ngārara paku te namu. / The sandfly is a small insect.
Synonyms: mataririki, mōkitokito, matariki, pota, pakupaku, nonohi, riki, nohinohi, kauriki, whito, koroiti, tātakimōri, iti, poniponi, pinepine, tuaiti, whengowhengo, whetau, mākari, muimui, mahake
3. (modifier) a little, slightly - sometimes used as a modifier when placed in front of the base it qualifies. It indicates the smallness, modestness or meagreness of something. It may also be used to down-play something.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-66;)
I paku moe te koroua i mua o te haere ki te kato pūhā. / The elderly man had a little sleep before going to pick pūhā.
I waho o te taha hauāuru o te whare, kei kō paku atu, e tipu ana ngā rākau piki e ono (HP 1991:12). / Outside on the western side of the house, a little way away, six fig trees were growing.
4. (noun) smallness.
Ahakoa te paku o tana mōhio ki te kōrero Moriori me tana kaingākau ki te uiui i ētahi pū kōrero, ka mahue ētahi, nāna te 90 paiheneti nuku atu o ngā kōrero mō te reo me ngā tikanga Moriori kei te mau tonu i nāianei (TTR 1990:152). / Despite how little his ability was in speaking Moriori and his concentration on some informants but not others, 90 per cent or more of the surviving information about Moriori language are still retained today.
he paku aha nei
1. absolutely nothing.
Kāore he paku aha nei i riwha i ērā rā. / That lot achieved absolutely nothing.
Synonyms: kāore he aha, pākorehā, korekore ana (nei)
kāore he paku aha ka/i pahawa
1. nothing has come of it, nothing will come of it - an idiomatic expression.
Ki konā koe whakanonenone kurī ai i tō korenga i te hui me te aha, kāore he paku aha i pahawa! / There you go with your inconsequential grumbling about not being at the meeting and as a result, nothing has been achieved.
