pēnā
1. (verb) (-tia) like that - near or related to the person or people being spoken to. If the comparison is completed the second element is introduced by me.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 67-68;)
Kei tahuri tātou ki taua mahi kino, pēnā iho me ngā tamariki weriweri o tōu nā kura. / We had better not start into that criminal behaviour, like the dreadful children of your school.
He pēnā tonu tana hanga me ana uri katoa kia tae rawa mai ki a Rakapari, kātahi ka āhua tangata tūturu, ka moe i te tāne o uta nei (WW 1915:165). / Her pattern of behaviour was like that of all her descendants down to Rakapari, when they became like true humans and married men from ashore.
Synonyms: whēnā, whērā, whēraka, pēnaka, pērā, pēraka, whēnaka
2. (verb) to act in that way, behave like that - near or related to the person or people being spoken to.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 67-68;)
See also whēnā
3. (location) in your direction, in that direction, there.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 67-68;)
4. (particle) if, if it were the case, in that case.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 32;)
Pēnā kua wareware aku moni i a koe, me tiki atu. / If you've forgotten my money, you had better go and get it.
pena
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to take care of, attend to, cherish, husband, look after, invest.
Ko ia tonu te tiamana o te hui nui i Te Hauke i te tau 1920, nā rātou i tautoko te tikanga a Ngata ki te pena atu i ngā moni o te Tahua Hōia Māori (TTR 1998:232). / In 1920 he was chairman of a general meeting at Te Hauke which endorsed Ngata's plan for the investment of the money of the Māori Soldiers' Fund.
