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.
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.
