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paihana

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to poison, contaminate, pollute.

Kāore anō kia mōhiotia te oranga, te matenga rānei o te hunga i paihanatia e te honi (TP 3/1901:7). / It is not yet known whether the people poisoned by the honey will live or die.

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Synonyms: paitini, takakino


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.

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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.

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Synonyms: paitini

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