2. (verb) to practise sodomy.
3. (noun) sexual attraction.
Takakautanga - ka rongo pea te tangata i te pohane engari kāore e ai i runga i ōna anō whakaaro, i ngā whakaa ā-whakapono rānei. (F 2019: 45) / Celibacy - where someone may experience sexual attraction but choose not to have sex for personal or faith-based reasons.
4. (verb) to expose the bum.
Ko te kau a te manu i runga i te wai, ka tūpou ka pohane ā ka maranga ake (M 2004:36). / The swimming of a bird on the water, it ducks down with the hind end up and then rises up.
5. (noun) love, affection, desire, lust.
Ka mate au i te pohane ki taku hoa (PK 2008:648). / I earnestly desire my friend.
Synonyms: mate kanehe, kūata, kūwata, aroha, taupuhi, kanehe, ipo, murimuri aroha, whakaipo
