2. (loan) (modifier) poisonous, toxic.
Ki tā mātou whakaaro i tīkina e ngā pī ā rātou kai i ngā puāwai paihana, i ngā wāhi rongoātanga hipi rānei (TP 3/1901:7). / We think that the bees brought their food from poisonous flowers, or from sheep dips.
Synonyms: paitini
3. (loan) (noun) poison, toxin, contamination, contagion.
Ko tētahi āhua, he tere te haere o te paihana i roto i ngā toto, ā, kāore anō kia whaturama te tinana kua hemo te tūroro (TTT 1/5/1922:8). / A symptom is the rapid spread of the poison in the blood and before the body develops scrofulous swellings the infected person dies.
Synonyms: paitini