2. (noun) old person, elderly man.
Ko Huriwhenua tonu tōna ingoa whakahua ki ngā pōua me ngā tāua o Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:100). / Older people of Ngāi Tahu continued to call him Huriwhenua.
Synonyms: wheteke, taringa huruhuru, ahungarua, tūnohunohu
3. (noun) grandfather.
Tahi: Kei te mōhio koe ki te kaumātua rā? Rua: Āe, ko tōku nā pōua tērā (HJ 2015:215). / Tahi: Do you know that elder over there? Rua: Yes, that's my grandfather.
poua
1. (noun) Longimactra elongata - a species of large bivalve mollusc.
See also tohemanga
Synonyms: poue, tohemanga, karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu, matapura, tōrire, hānea, kurewha, tākupu, pipi taiari, rehoreho, rereho, taiwhatiwhati, takarape, tanetane, tāwiri, torewai, tungangi, uere, wahawaha, wētiwha, whētikotiko, karahū, pure, tairaki, ngūpara, pipi tairaki, kuharu, kūkuku, kūkukuroa, kukupati, pūkanikani, papahurihuri, hākari, rerekākara, toitoi, tio, tikoaka, toheroa, tuangi, tuangi haruru, kaitua, kākara, miware, mitimiti, pūpū, ngārahu tatawa, ngārahu taua, peke, ataata, kaitangata, pūpū kōrama, pūpū atamarama, tihipu, tihi, tio para, tio repe, tipa, totoro, totorere, tuatua, tupa, toretore, ngākihi, ngaingai, kākahi, taiawa, rūharu, tūpere, kuhakuha, ngaere, ngākihi hahae, kukupara, ngākihi awaawa, kuku-mau-toka, ngākihi tea, niania, matangongore, matangārahu, maurea, mimiti, karehu, tītiko, ngāruru, ngaeti, papatua, karoro, waharoa, ururoa, wahanui, ngāeo, pipi, tūteure, ngākihi hiwihiwi, ngākihi kopia, papatai, hahari, hohehohe, hūai, kōmore, pātitotito, pātiotio, peraro, pūkauri, pūpū karikawa, pūpū harakeke, pūpū māeneene, pūpū tuatea, pūpū waharoa, pūpū waitai, pūtātara, purewha, pūrimu, ruheruhe, takarepo, takai, tākai, tūroro, piritoka, pōrohe, kahitua, angarite, awatai, hauwai, harihari, hihiwa, hinangi, hoehoe, hopetea, kāeo, whāngai karoro, pīpipi, pūpū rore, pūpū taratara, pāua, poro, tātara, pūpū tarataratea, whētiko, koio, kōrama, karariwha
2. (verb) (-a) to plunge in, stick in (a paddle, knife, stake, etc.).
Ka poua ngā oka ki te kōpū o te mango (TP 8/1903:11). / The knives were plunged into the belly of the shark.
3. (verb) (-a) to plant.
4. (verb) (-a) to appoint, anoint.
Ka poua e Wiremu Tāmihana te hinu ki runga i te māhunga o Pōtatau (Wh4 2004:18). / Wiremu Tāmihana annointed the head of Pōtatau with oil.
5. (noun) post, upright, support, pole, pillar, goalpost, sustenance.
Ko taua mīhini āna mahia e te tangata kotahi, pēnei kia kotahi rau e toru tekau pou taiepa e oti te pokapoka he kōwhao ki aua pou 130 i te hāora kotahi (TW 25/5/1878:263). / That machine of his is operated by one person and can drill holes in one hundred and thirty fence posts per hour.
Synonyms: pōhi, pouihi, tokotoko, koteo, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, poupou, tīrou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu
6. (noun) support, supporter, stalwart, mentor, symbol of support, metaphoric post - someone, a group, tribe, gathering or something that strongly supports a cause or is a territorial symbol, such as a mountain or landmark, representing that support.
Nā, i muri o ēnei pou, ko ngā pou whenua me ngā pou tangata, i whakakotahi ai ngā iwi ki raro i te Kīngitanga (Wh4 2004:18). / Now, as well as these gatherings of support there are the landmarks symbolising support and the supporters that unite the tribes under the King Movement.
Ko ngā pou pupuru whenua tēnei i tukua ki raro i te Kīngitanga o Pōtatau. Ko Karioi, ko Titiokura, ko Taranaki, ko Pūtauaki, ko Kai-iwi, ko Ngongotahā, ko Tararua, ko Te Aroha. Ko ngā pou whenua tēnei i tukua e ngā iwi nōna aua whenua ki raro i te Kīngitanga o Pōtatau (TMP 25/7/1893:3). / These are the land symbols of support that were placed under the King Movement authority of Pōtatau to hold their lands: Karioi, Titiokura, Taranaki, Pūtauaki, Kai-iwi, Ngongotahā, Tararua, and Te Aroha mountains. These are the land symbols of support for those lands that had been placed by the tribes under King Pōtatau's protection.
7. (noun) column.
He momo pātengi raraunga te ripanga, he tūtohi, he rite ki te tukutuku te āhua, arā, he kapa ōna, he pou hoki (TRP 2010:241). / A spreadsheet is a type of database, a chart that looks like a grid, that is it has rows and columns.
8. (noun) teacher, expert.
