pu‘ipu‘i1, (-a, -‘ia).
1. Puff, blow.
Kua pu‘ipu‘i ‘aia i te a‘i kia mura.
He puffed at the fire to kindle a flame;
Kua pu‘ipu‘ia te au mōrī.
The lamps were blown out. Pu‘ipu‘i (i te) ‘ava‘ava, smoke a cigarette or tobacco.
‘E tangata tērā i kō e pu‘ipu‘i ‘ava‘ava maī ra.
There is someone over there smoking;
I tōna pu‘ipu‘i‘anga i te ‘ava‘ava, kua topa te re‘u ki runga i tōna piripou ē kua kā.
As he was smoking the cigarette, the ash dropped onto his trousers and burned them.
2. v.i. Bubble (of liquids).
Tē pu‘ipu‘i ‘uā ra te vai i raro i taua puna.
The water is bubbling up at the bottom of the well.
3. Pipe (for tobacco).
Kua ‘akakī ‘aia i tāna pu‘ipu‘i ki te ‘ava‘ava ē kua ‘akakā.
He filled his pipe with tobacco and lit it;
E ngari ake au kia ‘oko pu‘ipu‘i, kāre au e ro‘iro‘i i te tāviri.
I’d do better to buy a pipe, then I wouldn’t get so fed up with rolling (cigarettes);
‘E ‘ava‘ava pu‘ipu‘i tā‘au?
Have you any pipe tobacco?
[pu‘i2 RR.]