pūmāhu
1. (verb) to be hot.
Kei nga rangi mākū me tahu he ahi ki roto ki te wharau, ko aua ahi me whakapongere, arā, me kānoti kia āhua pūmāhu te wāhi e tare ai te tupeka, kia tupato anō ia kei mura aua ahi, nō te mea ka mura aua ahi, ka tino werawera ngā tupeka (TW 5/2/1876:71). / On wet days fires should be lit in the shed and those fires should be smothered, that is they should be covered with earth so that the place where the tobacco is hanging becomes somewhat hot, but be careful in case those fires flare up, because if those fires do that the tobacco will become very hot.
2. (noun) steam.
He whare rūnanga Māori te whare o taua kura, he whare haumākū a roto, he pōuri, kāore he putanga hau kia ngaro ai te pūmāhu me te mōrūruru (TWMNT 31/8/1875:195). / The school building was a Māori meeting house, which was damp and dark inside with no vents to allow the steam and odour of human sweat to escape.
3. (noun) heat.
E rua tonu ngā rā i haere ai i taua whenua kino kua matemate ētahi o ngā Pāniora, kua kore e kaha ki te haere, he mate i pā mai ki a rātou nō te pūmāhu me te haunga o ngā repo, me te mahi kuhu haere i roto i ngā ngāherehere ururua (TWMNT 2/5/1976:102). / For two days they travelled in that terrible land and some of the Spaniards became sick until they no longer had the strength to proceed, with sickness affecting them because of the heat and the stench of the swamp and of forcing their way through the thick forest.
