pau
1. (stative) be consumed, exhausted, used up, finished, spent, depleted.
He aituā, engari kua poropititia e ētahi o ngā hīnātore, ka pau i te ahi i taua wā (HP 1991:6). / It was a disaster but it had been prophesied by some of the wise men that it would be destroyed by fire at that time.
See also paupau
pau
1. (noun) scarlet wrasse, Pseudolabrus miles - a reddish-yellow fish with posterior dark red margins on the scales, pale below with pale red longitudinal stripes on the sides. A distinctive purplish-black bar across the base of the tail. Body elongated and compressed. Endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand. Common at subtidal depths below 10 m and favours areas of broken rock and crevices.
See also pūwaiwhakarua
Synonyms: pāwaiwhakarua, pūwaiwhakarua
pau [te] hau
1. be exhausted, out of breath, run out of steam, worn out, tired, used up.
Ka tau mai ki ngā kura reo, e pau ana te hau, ka hoki atu e hikohiko katoa ana te ngākau (HM 4/2008:3). / I arrived at the language learning gathering worn out and when I returned home I was enthusiastic.
Synonyms: kua pau [te] hau, hēmanawa, pukā, tūngāngā, ngaengae, naenae, hē te manawa
kua pau [te] hau
1. run out of oomph, given up the ghost, run out of steam, exhausted, used up - an idiom used to indicate that a person has run out of energy or something no longer works.
See also pau [te] hau
Synonyms: pau [te] hau
