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mapu

1. (verb) (-a,-ria) to sigh, pant, hum, draw in breath - often used with tangi, e.g. tangi te mapu.

Ka eke ngā tāngata rā me tā rāua wahine ki runga ki te taumata ki Taumata-hīnaki, ka rongo mai te wahine rā, a Wairaka, i te tangi o te mapu o Hau (JPS 1927:281). / The two men and their woman ascended the ridge at Taumata-hīnaki, when the woman, Wairaka, heard the sighing of Hau.
Ka titiro mai ki ahau, ka āhua tangi te mapu, ka kōrero anō (WT 2013:9). / He would look at me, sigh and continue (WT 2013:9).

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Synonyms: whakapāha, pūhoto, harapuka, nguru, muri, kahekahe, huatare, tūngāngā, ngaingai, kihakiha, kuhakuha, mapumapu, whakaaeaea, whakahotuhotu, taretare, hotu


2. (verb) (-a) to flow freely, pump.

Ko taua tangata kāore e tahuri ki te kai; e whakatiki ana i a ia kia mate ia. Kātahi ia ka herea ki raro e te tākuta, ka mapua he kai ki roto ki tōna korokoro hei oranga mōna (TWMNT 19/7/18:456). / That man will not eat and is starving himself to death. But the doctor strapped him down and pumped nourishment into his throat to keep him alive.

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3. (noun) pump.

I te pō kua rere ā-moana te wai ki roto i te tima kua kore i kaha te mapu, kua haere tonu ko ngā tāngata i runga ki te tīheru i te wai (TKO 20/1/1920:7). / In the night the sea water flowed into the ship and the pump was no longer able to cope so the people on board had to bail out the water.

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Synonyms: mapumapu, papu


4. (noun) flood (of the tide).

He tai mapu (W 1971:180). / A flood tide.

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