pao
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to strike (with an implement), pound, hit, smash.
Ka nohonoho haere mātou i raro i ngā whakamarumaru kia kore ai ō mātou māhunga e paoa e te rā (HM 2/2009:10). / We sat about under the shade so that our heads would not be pounded by the sun.
Ka mea ngā tāne me pao te māhunga ki muri o te pane o te toki (HP 1991:20). / The men said that the head should be struck with the back of the axe head.
Synonyms: tuki, kuru, kurukuru, āki, kōmekemeke, pātuki, pāuna, hamahama, pehu, patupatu, tātā, poutuki, whākuru
2. (verb) hatch (an egg).
