poai
1. (loan) (noun) boy (colloquial), lad.
Kei runga ko te poai nei ko Te Uamairangi Tuhimareikura, ka mahi rā i ngā mahi a ōna rangatira (TJ 12/7/1898:4). / On it is the boy, Te Uamairangi Tuhimareikura, who is doing the tasks of his chiefs.
Synonyms: karekata
2. (interjection) female kiwi call.
Ko te tangi a te kiwi uha, ‘Poai! Poai!’; ko tā te kiwi tāne i rite ki te korowhio. Nā reira ko te whakangē o te kiwi he korowhio (M 2004:80). / The call of the female kiwi was, 'Poāi! Poāi!', while that of the male kiwi was like a whistle. So the lure call of the kiwi was a whistle.