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pahika

1. (verb) to escape, pass on, get away, flee.

Tāria rawatia kia tae ki Wharekōpae, ka pahika a Wī Pere me tōna whānau, ka whakarērea a Te Kooti mā (TTR 1994:84). / When they eventually reached Wharekōpae, Wī Pere (Will Bell) and his family escaped, abandoning Te Kooti and the others.

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Synonyms: pahemo, tāwhati, whakahoro


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.

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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.

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Synonyms: tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakatipi, taha, tīpoka, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakataha, kape, kopa

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