paheke
1. (verb) to move, slip, slip by, slide, be slippery.
Kōrimurimu ana ngā kōhatu, ka paheke (W 1971:142). / When the rocks are covered in seaweed they're slippery.
Synonyms: neke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori
2. (verb) to fail, decline.
I ōna tau whakamutunga, ka paheke haere te hauora o Hepi Te Heuheu, ka pāngia nei ia e te matehuka me ōna pōauautanga (TTR 2000:215). / In his last years Hepi Te Heuheu’s health was failing as he was affected by diabetes and related complications.
3. (verb) to trickle, flow - of any running discharge.
Ka motu koe ko tawhiti, ka rau aku mahara mō te roimata rā, e paheke i aku kamo (M 2004:346). / You are cut off at a distance. leaving a hundred memories for the tears that flow from my eyes.
4. (noun) decline, failure.
Tērā pea nō te urunga mai o ngā kurī a te Pākehā i te tōmuatanga o te rau tau 1800, ka tīmata te paheke o te kurī Māori (Te Ara 2016). / With the entry of the dogs of the Pākehā from the early 1800s the disappearance of the Māori dog began.
6. (noun) ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha - a thin, fleshy, ear-like growth, shiny dark brown on one side and dull whitish grey on the other. Common on both live and dead trunks of broad-leaved forest trees, particularly onmāhoe, karaka and houhere.
See also hakeke
