2. (loan) (modifier) party.
Nō tō rātou taenga ki reira ka whakaritea e rātou tētahi poti pāti, hei hoehoe mō mātou, i muri o te tina ka eke ētahi o mātou ki te poti ka haere ki te hoehoe... (HTK 3/2/1894:3). / When they arrived there they arranged a party boat for us to row and after lunch some of us got on the boat and went rowing...
3. (loan) (noun) party.
Kua whakatauria ko wai te kaiwhakataetae mō te tūranga a te Pāti Māori mō Te Taitokerau. / It has been decided who will contest the Māori Party seat for Northland.
pati
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to try to obtain by coaxing and flattery, cadge, scrounge, solicit.
Ko tāna mahi he toro haere i ngā kaipakihi nui te moni ka pati moni mai ai i a rātou mō te Tau o te Reo Māori te kaupapa (HM 4/1994). / Her task is to visit wealthy businesses to solicit money for Māori Language Year.
Synonyms: pītoto, kaipaoke, whakapati, patipati, kaimātai, pīnene, pīnono, whakapatipati
2. (noun) plea, entreaty, appeal.
Kei te maumahara ake pea ētahi o koutou ki tā mātou pati i tērā tau kia tukuna mai ngā kupu Māori kāore e kitea ana i te papakupu Māori a Te Wiremu (HM 1/1995). / Some of you probably remember our plea last year to send us the Māori words not found in Williams' Māori dictionary.
pāti
1. (noun) shallow water, shoal.
Ka tae ki te pāti, oi noa a Tutunui (Tr 1874:51). / When Tutunui reached the shallow water he shook.
Synonyms: matatāhuna, rāngai, tuahiwi, tāhuna
pāti
1. (loan) (noun) barge.
He whenua pungapunga, akeake kē nei ēnei whenua o Pouākani, ā, nā te kore huarahi, mā runga pāti rawa e whakawhiti atu ai te tangata i te awa o Waikato... (TTR 2000:27). / This land of Pouākani was pumice-ridden and of poor quality, and because there were no roads a person must cross the Waikato river by barge...
whakangahau pati
1. (noun) busking.
Ko te whakangahau pati te whakatangi puoro i te wāhi tūmatanui, ko tētahi atu momo whakangahau rānei, me te tono kia tuku koha mai te marea ka tū ki te whakarongo, ki te mātakitaki (RMR 2017). / Busking is performing music or other type of performance in a public place along with a request to the people who stop to listen and watch to give a donation (RMR 2017).
Pāti Māori, Te
1. (personal noun) The Māori Party - a political party led by Tāriana Tūria, Peter Sharples and Whatarangi Winiata established to promote Māori issues in the 2005 election.
See also Tōrangapū Māori, Te
