2. (noun) drop of water.
Ko taua ua kāore i pēnei me te pata ua nei, engari i rite ki te awa e maringi iho ana i te rangi (TTT 1/4/1924:20). / That rain was not like drops of rain, but was like a stream pouring down from the sky.
3. (noun) seed, grain (of maize, etc.).
Otiia hei aha te ngaro noa ai ētahi o ngā purapura pai e ruia ana tērā pea e hua ake ētahi, me te tangata hoki e whakatō ana i tana kānga e whā ngā pata ki te pukepuke kotahi, ā e rua anake ngā mea e tupu, ko ētahi ka pau i te hōtete, i te mōwhitiwhiti rānei (TK 2/10/1884:39). / But some good seeds are scattered and perhaps some bear fruit, and a person plants four grains in a single mound and only two grow and others are consumed by caterpillars and grasshoppers.
4. (noun) advantage, fruit, benefit.
Kore rawa pea e ekea taua taumata mutunga kē mai nei o te ekieki, engari ko te pata kē ia o te whakatīeke, ka teitei haere kē ake, ka ātaahua kē ake te tirohanga atu (HM 4/1993:9). / That extremely high standard will probably never be achieved, but the advantage of stretching upwards is that the view is more beautiful.
