poke
1. (verb) (-a) to swamp, overcome, inundate.
I a rāua e kawea ana ki tātahi, ka pokea te poti e te mahi a te ngaru (TTR 2000:8). / As they were being transported to shore, the boat was swamped by many waves.
Koia nei te mate o taku mahi, ka pokea au e te mahi. / That's the problem with my job, I get inundated with work.
Synonyms: kake, where, pāpā, wikitōria, whakatina, tārū, hinga, poko, raupatu, tae, takapapa, pārure, whakatūoi, mate, whara
