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pou

1. (noun) sir, madam, grandad, grandma, old lady, old man - term of address to an elderly person and shortened form of pōua.

Ka karanga anō ia ki a Rangipōpō, “E pou, e pou, e pou, whakaaraara." (JPS 1911:20). / He called again to Rangipōpō, “Old lady, old lady, old lady, arise."

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Synonyms: kei, whae, rūruhi, ruahine, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, tāua, nehe, korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, koeke

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