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pōua

1. (verb) (-tia) to be old, age.

Kite rawa au i a koe, kua pōuatia koe (W 1971:298). / When I finally saw you you had aged.

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2. (noun) old person, elderly man.

Ko Huriwhenua tonu tōna ingoa whakahua ki ngā pōua me ngā tāua o Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:100). / Older people of Ngāi Tahu continued to call him Huriwhenua.

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Synonyms: wheteke, taringa huruhuru, ahungarua, tūnohunohu


3. (noun) grandfather.

Tahi: Kei te mōhio koe ki te kaumātua rā? Rua: Āe, ko tōku nā pōua tērā (HJ 2015:215). / Tahi: Do you know that elder over there? Rua: Yes, that's my grandfather.

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