pene
1. (loan) (noun) pen, pencil.
Ko te kāmura, whakamārōkia mai ana e ia te aho, tuhia iho e ia ki te pene, mahia ana e ia ki te waru; tohungia ana e ia ki te kāpehu, mahia ana e ia kia rite ki te āhua o te tangata (PT Ihaia 44:13). / The carpenter stretches out a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with planes, and he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the figure of a man.
Synonyms: pene rākau, pākaka, pēne, rāihe
2. (loan) (noun) pen, holding pen.
I te pō pēnā tonu te āhua o ngā tiriti me te pene hipi te apiapi (TP 2/1901:12). / At night, the streets seemed to be as crowded as a sheep pen.
2. (loan) (noun) drum (musical instrument).
Whakahīhī ana tā mātau whakatangi haere i ā mātau pūtōrino, me te patu i ā mātau pēne e rua (HP 1991:33). / We proudly walked along playing our flutes and beating our two drums.
pene
1. (loan) (noun) pence, penny - a former bronze coin equal to one-two-hundred-and fortieth of a pound. Still a British coin now equal to one-hundredth of a pound.
Kua riro mai i a tātou, ngā tino kūare kē ake i a rātou, te hokonga o ngā whenua, ki te rua pene me te hēpene, i runga anō i tō tātou mōhiotanga (TW 12/2/1875:4). / We are more foolish than them in selling our land at two and half pence, although we did it knowingly.
Synonyms: kapa
Pene
1. (loan) (personal noun) Captain - usually used as a title.
I whawhai anō ia me tana ope ki Te Pirirākau i raro i a Pene Taka i Te Whakamārama, i Kaimai, i Paengaroa (TP 8/1901:9). / He and his group also fought against Te Pirirākau under Captain Tucker at Te Whakamārama, Kaimai and Paengaroa.
pene rākau
1. (loan) (noun) pencil.
Kei tētahi wāhanga o te whenua nei te wāhi o te Īnia-rapa, arā he mea horoi tuhituhi pene rākau, mangumangu rānei (TP 8/1903:3). / In one area of this land is the place of India rubber, that is, the stuff used to clean off pencil writing or ink.
Synonyms: pene
pene hinu
1. (noun) crayon.
He tikanga toi ataata te toi rapirapi, inā ka rapia tētahi paparanga peita, paparanga pene hinu rānei, kia kitea ai te paparanga o raro iho (RTA 2014:183). / Sgraffito is a visual art technique where one layer of paint or crayon is scratched through to reveal the layer underneath (RTA 2014:183).
Pene Kuki
1. (loan) (personal name) Captain Cook.
Anō ka nui ngā tau o taua iwi e noho ana i taua whenua, ka ū tētahi pora, arā, kaipuke ki taua whenua, ko Mariao, ko Pene Kuki, ko te tini noa atu i ū ki reira (TW 2/10/1875:11/259). / Those people lived on that land for many years when a vessel, that is, a sailing ship arrived there, Captain Cook, Marion [de Fresne], a great many arrived there.
See also Pene Kuku
pene kēhi
1. (noun) pencil case.
Ko te tīmatanga o te tau kura te wā e kaha ai te pakaru o ngā pūkoro o ngā mātua i a rātou e hoko ana i ngā pukapuka tuhituhi, i ngā pēkepuka, i ngā pouaka kai, i ngā pene kēhi, i ngā aha atu, i ngā aha atu. The start of the school year is when parents tend to go broke with having to buy exercise books, book bags, lunch boxes, pencil cases, and all of those sorts of things. /