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▪ I. pa1|pɑː|
A childish short form of ‘papa’. Hence pa v. trans. nonce-wd., to address as ‘pa’.
1811L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertrude (1812) II. 219 The elder sat down [to the piano-forte] and..answered ‘Yes, Pa',’ to every thing that Pa' said. 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Pa, an abbreviation of pa-pa. Pretty general perhaps. It is sometimes rather comic to hear a great chuckle-headed lout—paa-ing his father—or maa-ing his mother. 1829Censor 225 These exhibitions, affording wonderous delight to affectionate Pas and Mas. 1880M. E. Braddon Barbara vi, With the exception of that decayed female, I have never seen a mortal in pa's offices.
▪ II. ‖ pa2, n.|pɑː|
Also pah.
[Maori pà, f. pà vb. to block up. The form hippah arose from taking the prefixed definite article he as part of the word.]
A native fort or fortified camp in New Zealand.
1769Cook Jrnl. 1st Voy. (1893) 157 They have strong⁓holds—or Hippas, as they call them—which they retire to in time of danger. 1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 194 A hippah, or strong hold of the natives. 1842W. R. Wade Journ. in N. Zeal. 27 (Morris) A native pa or enclosed village. 1845Ann. Reg. 350 Our troops..attempting to carry the pah or fortified camp of Heké. 1858App. Jrnls. House Reps. N.Z. E. iv. 4 They seem..at present inveterate in their adherence to their Native habits, and to their residence in Pas. 1859A. S. Thompson Story N. Zeal. 132 (Morris) The construction of the war pas. 1863T. Moser Mahoe Leaves 14 A pah is strictly a fortified village, but..a collection of huts forming a native settlement is generally called a pah now-a-days. 1880J. C. Crawford Recoll. Trav. N.Z. & Austral. 28 A large pa (village) was visible at Pitone. 1884Bracken Lays of Maori 25 Come, oh come, unto our Pah. 1900H. Lawson Over Sliprails 82 Things, according to pa gossip, had gone wrong with her from the date of the tragedy. Ibid. 88 A poor pa outcast who had negro blood in her veins. 1905J. M. Thomson Bush Boys N.Z. iii. 45 In every Maori ‘pah’ or village, there is one specially large ‘whare’, or house. 1911W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush xii. 170 The old Maori did not appear to have lost caste among the brethren of his own race who still dwelt in their quaintly carved Pahs. 1920Outlook (N.Z.) 29 Nov. 18/3 Her parish is roadless, deep ravines and steep hills separate pa from pa. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 52 The old pa where many of the chieftain's ancestors and relatives were laid to rest on the topmost parapet. 1958S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 72 When she got to the pa they cried in the Meeting House. 1959G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 99 Unpainted whares at the pa with cardboard at the windows and new cars parked on the lawn. 1963D. Adsett Magpie Sings 109 Perhaps they would go and live in the pa and get big and fat like lots of other Maori women. |