2. (noun) navel, tummy button, section of umbilical cord nearest the baby's body.
Ko te tūhonotanga ki te whaea, ko te rauru tēnā; ko te pito e mau nei ki te tamaiti, ka kīia tēnā ko te pito; ko waenganui ko te iho tēnā (W 1971:75). / The attachment to the mother is the 'rauru'; the end fixed to the child is called the 'pito'; and in the middle is the 'iho'.
3. (noun) pole (North and South Poles).
He mea porotaka nui whakahara te Ao nei; ehara i te mea tino porotaka rawa, nō te mea e āhua papatahi ana ngā pito (TWMNT 5/6/1877:143). / The Earth is round, but it's not as if it's exactly round because the poles are somewhat flat.
4. (noun) pole (of a magnet).
E rua ngā pito o tētahi autō - koia nei ngā wāhi o te autō e tino kaha ana te tō (RP 2009:411). / There are two poles of a magnet - they are the parts of the magnet with the strongest pull.
pito kōrero
1. (noun) comment, short article, short essay.
Hei tīmatanga atu i ēnei pito kōrero me huri atu aku whakaaro ki te āhuatanga o te take nei mō te reo Māori i roto i ngā kura (TAH 73:35). / To begin this short essay I would like to direct my thoughts to the topic of Māori language in schools.
pito raki
1. (noun) northern end.
Synonyms: pito whakararo
pito whakararo
1. (noun) northern end.
He tangata tino whakarae a ia nō roto o Ngāti Kahungunu ki te takiwā ki Te Wairoa, i te pito whakararo o Te Matau-a-Māui, i ngā tau potapotae o te tīmatanga o te rau tau rua ngahuru (TTR 1996:193). / He was a very prominent figure among Ngāti Kahungunu in the Wairoa district, at the northern end of Hawke's Bay, around the beginning of the twentieth century.
Synonyms: pito raki
2. (noun) bottom end.
He maimoa tērā manu i te pito whakararo o te taki (Te Ara 2015). / The bird at the bottom of the pole is a decoy (Te Ara 2015).
2. (noun) top end, upper end.
He kākā tērā kei te pito whakarunga o te taki, nā te maimoa i ongaonga (Te Ara 2015). / There is a kākā at the top end of the pole that has been attracted by the decoy.
pito mata
1. (noun) potential - literally the 'uncooked portion'. The uncooked piece of kūmara that can be replanted having the potential to produce many more kūmara.
Iti noa ana, he pito mata (NP 2001:149). / Although it is just small, it is uncooked. (A whakataukī implying that the uncooked portion may sprout to produce many kūmara.)
Synonyms: torohū
2. (noun) (electricity) cathode.
2. (noun) (electricity) negative end.
Pito-one
1. (location) Petone - part of the city of Lower Hutt situated at the mouth of the Hutt river. The current name is a misspelling and mispronunciation of the original Māori name.
I ngā rā o te mutunga wiki haere kē ana ia ki te whakangau poaka, ki te tākaro whutupaoro rānei mō te karapu whutupaoro o Pito-one (TTR 2000:107). / In the weekends he went pig-hunting or played rugby for the Petone Rugby Football Club.
Pito Raki, Te
1. (location) North Pole.
Ko te 90° ki te raki te ahopae o Te Pito Raki (RP 2009:157). / The North Pole has a latitude of 90° north.
Synonyms: Tōpito Whakararo, Nōta Pōra, Pito Whakararo o te Ao, Te
Pito Whakararo o te Ao, Te
1. (location) North Pole.
Synonyms: Tōpito Whakararo, Pito Raki, Te, Nōta Pōra
Pito Whakarunga o te Ao, Te
1. (location) South Pole.
I muri mai i tērā, arā i te tau 1909, ka whakaaturia e ia ki te ao tōna hiahia ki te rere tonu mā runga i tōna kaipuke ki Te Pito Whakarunga o te Ao (TP 3/1912:6). / After that, in 1909, he revealed to the world his desire to sail on his ship to the South Pole.
