pei
1. (loan) (verb) to be paid.
E hoa mā, e tata ana ngā rā e kautetia ai ngā mahi o te tima hou nei o te 'Aotea' kei reira e mōhiotia ai pēhea te haere i ngā moni kei te pei (TJ 19/7/1900:9). / Friends, the days are close when the affairs of this new steamer, the 'Aotea', will be accounted for, then it will be known how the money is being paid.
Synonyms: ea
2. (loan) (noun) pay, wages.
Nō te 8 o ngā rā te pei tuatahi o te turūpa nei (TP 1/1911:8). / On the 8th, the troupe got their first pay.
pei
1. (loan) (noun) bay (horse).
He hōiho poka, he pei, 14 ringa te tiketike, ko te parani i pēnei me te J i te peke katau, ko te utu mō te hē 2 hereni e 6 kapa (TW 12/8/1876:7). / A gelding, a bay, 14 hands in height, with a brand like a J on the right flank, the fine being two shillings and sixpence.
pei
1. (verb) (-a) to push, shove, drive out, banish, eject, expel.
Nō te taenga mai o ngā Hakona, i ahu mai nei i te tuawhenua o Urapi, ka peia atu ngā Kereti me tō rātou whakapono ki waho o te whenua (TP 8/1912:3). / When the Saxons arrived, coming from the continent of Europe, the Celts and their religion were driven out of the land.
Synonyms: ātute, tōkiri, pana, whakapako, tūhiti, panapana, tūwhiti, ue, tute, uaki, kōpana, peipei, tōpana ue, torohaki
2. (verb) (-a) to displace.
Papati Pei
1. (loan) (location) Poverty Bay.
Ka tapaia e ahau te ingoa o reira ko Papati Pei nō te mea kāhore i riro mai i a mātou tētahi mea i hiahiatia e mātou (TP 10/1906:8). / I named the place Poverty Bay because we did not obtain a single thing that we wanted.
Synonyms: Pawati Pei, Tūranganui-a-Rua
Pawati Pei
1. (loan) (location) Poverty Bay.
Synonyms: Papati Pei, Tūranganui-a-Rua
