paitini
1. (loan) (verb) (-hia,-tia) to poison, contaminate, pollute.
I paitinitia ngā paihamu o te ngahere. / The possums of the bush were poisoned.
Tērā tētahi tangata, he Pānioro, i mau herehere i ngā rēpara (arā te iwi whenua o taua motu i whawhai nei ki Pānioro) paitinitia ana e ia ngā kai mō Akuināro, he tianara nō ngā rēpara (TJ 6/10/1898:5). / There was a Spaniard, who was a prisoner of the rebels (that is the indigenous people of that country who fought the Spanish) who poisoned the food for Aguinaldo, a rebel general.
2. (loan) (modifier) toxic, poisonous, venomous.
Ka taea te hoko ngā waipiro paitini ki ngā Māori (TP 12/1911:8). / Poisonous alcohol would be able to be sold to the Māori.
Synonyms: paihana
3. (loan) (noun) poison, toxin, venom, contamination, contagion.
E kōrerotia ana ko tētahi awa kei Kakaramea i te Hāwera, he paitini, i mate ngā Pākehā i te inumanga i te wai o taua awa (TJ 6/10/1898:12). / It is said that a river at Kakaramea in the Hāwera is polluted, and Pākehā have got sick by drinking that river’s water.
Synonyms: paihana
