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).
Synonyms: mapumapu, whakaaeaea, whakahotuhotu, taretare, tūngāngā, kahekahe, huatare, kihakiha, ngaingai, hotu, kuhakuha
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.
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.
4. (noun) flood (of the tide).
