2. (loan) (noun) fever.
E kīia ana i pāngia ia e tētahi mate pīwa (TP 8/1899 suppl:2). / It is said that he was suffering from a fever.
pīwa
1. (loan) (modifier) beaver.
Tērā tērā momo rerenga kupu whakarite e whakarite ana i te āhua o te ātaahua rānei, o te pai rānei o tēnei mea, o te hei pīwa rā ki te tamaiti, mokopuna rānei (Milroy 2015). / Then there's the type of simile likening the beauty or goodness of a beaver neck ornament to a child or grandchild.
2. (loan) (noun) beaver, North American beaver, Castor canadensis, Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber - a primarily nocturnal large semiaquatic rodent.
taipoi pīwa
1. (loan) (noun) typhoid fever, typhus.
Mō te tiaki i te tangata e pāngia ana e te taipoi pīwa (TP 12/1907:3). / Concerning the caring for people suffering from typhoid fever.
See also taipō pīwa
taipō pīwa
1. (loan) (noun) typhoid fever, typhus - an example of two words that commonly go together being treated as though they were one word when borrowed into Māori. With normal word order in Māori, one would expect the loan to be pīwa taipō, which is also common in the literature for the first half of the 20th century, but taipō pīwa, or mate taipō, is much more common in modern Māori.
I whakaatu anō ia i te āhua o te taipō pīwa, te pūtake mai me te rongoā (TP 5/1901:11). / He gave instruction on the nature of typhoid fever, the origin and the cure.
See also pīwa taipō, taipō, taipō piua
pīwa taipō
1. (loan) (noun) typhoid, typhoid fever.
E rua anō ngā rā i muri mai ka pāngia ia e te pīwa taipō (TP 5/1900:10). / Two days later, he was stricken with typhoid fever.
See also taipō
mate taipō piwa
1. (loan) (noun) typhoid, typhoid fever.
Nō te tau 1940, i muri i te putanga mai o ngā pūrongo o te mate taipō piwa, ko te minita Māori, ko Frank Langstone tēnā e whai kupu ana, arā, mā te kāwhaki e whakamarara te hau kāinga (TTR 1996:167). / In 1940, after reports of typhoid, Native Minister Frank Langstone was talking of using force to disperse the community.
