poka pū
1. (noun) centre spot, direct route, short cut, middle, centre, hub, bull's-eye, core, nucleus, axis, agency.
I mea ia me taiāwhio pea tana haere rā tahaki, e kore e poka pū tana haere i waenganui taua koraha (TWMNT 24/3/1874:71). / He decided that he should probably go around the side and not straight through the middle of the open country.
See also pokapū
Synonyms: waengapū, waengarahi, pokapū, pokapūtanga, wē, pokatata, tukutata
