2. (verb) to surpass, exceed, be more than.
Kua pahika atu ōna tau i te kotahi rau (TJ 19/1/1899:9). / He is over one hundred years old.
3. (verb) to pass by.
Ko te wāhi hoki tērā i whakaritea hei kitenga i a Te Kooti, te tangata i whakatuohutia e ngā pānui o te taha Pākehā - i kupukupua tonutia, i hakuhakua tonutia, e te tini, e te mano, i roto i ngā tau ka pahika ake nei (KO 15/2/1883:13). / And that was the place that had been arranged as somewhere to see Te Kooti, the man who was discredited by the publications of the Pākehā side - continually spoken about, continually being complained about by the masses in years gone by.
Synonyms: tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakatipi, taha, tīpoka, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakataha, kape, kopa
