2. (verb) to be perfect, unbroken, complete.
Synonyms: whakapai ake
3. (modifier) beautiful, fine, calm (of weather).
Nei rā tātou kua tatū mai anō ki te kaupeka o Taku, ki te wā e kiriahi ai te tangata i te kaha mai o te anu, e whakaneinei atu anō ai hoki ki ngā rangi paruhi kei tua atu e haramai ana (HM 3/1994:1). / Here we are in the winter season, the time when a person hugs the fire because it is so cold, and anticipate the beautiful days that will eventually come.
4. (noun) favourite, darling, protégé.
Mehemea ehara ia i te paruhi a Kerei rāua ko Te Hīhana, me ngā kaiwhakahaere o te mahi whākorekore, pēnei kua tū pea ia (TWMNT 19/7/1879:449). / If he had not been the protégé of Grey, Sheehan, and the Repudiation party, perhaps he would have been elected.
paruhi
1. (verb) to be blunt, stunted, flat.
He iwi rerekē atu i te Māori te whakatipu, arā he iwi roroa te tū o te tangata, he akaaka te āhua o te tū, he nunui ngā iwi, he uru tōtika, he mārō ngā huruhuru, he paraha te kanohi, he wharewhare ngā tukemata, he mata ngārara ngā whatu, he paruhi te ihu (JPS 1928:187). / They were a people different from the Māori in physique, that is to say, a tall, slim-built people, having big bones, straight and stiff hair, flat faces, overhanging eyebrows, restless eyes, and flat noses.
