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1. (verb) (-kia,-ngia) to touch, strike, hit (as by a stone), tag, affect.
E kīia ana i pāngia ia e tētahi mate pīwa (TP suppl 8/1899:2). / It is said that he was suffering from a fever.
See also pānga
2. (verb) (-kia,-ngia) to be connected with, relate to, pertaining to, regarding.
Ko ētahi o ēnei e pā ana ki ngā whakamārama kāore i oti i a Tā Apirana: ko ētahi he whakatikatika noa iho i ngā wāhi i hapa i te kaipatopato (M 2007:viii). / Some of these relate to the explanations not completed by Sir Apirana: others are just corrections in the places where the typist made errors.
3. (verb) to be heard, reach one's ears, hold personal communication with.
Ka pā te karanga a te tangata nei, "Ko Te Kahureremoa, ē." (NM 1928:124). / This man's call was heard, "It's Te Kahureremoa."
4. (verb) to blow (as the wind).
Kīhai hoki te hau rā i roa rawa e pā ana, kua mutu (NM 1928:80). / And the wind wasn't blowing for very long when it stopped.
5. (verb) (-kia,-ngia) to participate, act together, act in concert, join in (an undertaking).
Mā tātau katoa e ngaki te purapura i ruia nei e tō tātau kaumātua, kore hoki e oti i te tangata kotahi te mahi, engari me ohu te mahi ka oti ai - koia nei tā onamata tū whakaaro, tāne, te wahine, te iti, te rahi, me pā katoa ki te mahi (TPH 27/3/1905:2). / We will all cultivate the seeds sown by our elder and it will not be done by one person, but the work should be done as a working party so that it is completed - that was the attitude in former times, men, women, the lowly and the important people, they should all participate in the task.
Synonyms: whai wāhi
6. (verb) to have sexual intercourse.
Nei koa he puhi te wahine nei, kāhore he tāne i pā noa ki a ia (NM 1928:160). / The fact was that this woman was a virgin, no man having had sexual intercourse with her.
7. (noun) contact (netball, etc.).
