2. (loan) (noun) pound - money, weight and animal pound.
Nā, kei Ingarangi e rua rau ngā pāuna pata a te kau e whāngaia ana ki te kai mōmona, i te tau kotahi, nā, ka hokona te pata, kotahi tekau mā rima ngā pāuna-moni e riro mai ki te tangata nāna te kau (AMW 31/8/1848:4). / In England, a cow that is feed with good feed will produce two hundred pounds of butter per year, and when the butter is sold, the person who owns the cow earns fifteen pounds.
Synonyms: tuki, kuru, kurukuru, pao, āki, kōmekemeke, pātuki, hamahama, pehu, patupatu, tātā, poutuki, whākuru
