2. (noun) temporary shelter, hut.
Ka pakaru atu a Te Kooti mā te kōkai kiri rākau o tana hopuni (TTR 1990:385). / Te Kooti broke through the bark wall at the back of his sleeping hut (DNZB 1990:569).
2. (noun) encampment, campsite, camp, camping ground, camping place.
Ka hui te ope ki te pūpahi (JPS 1911:23). / The party assembled at the campsite.
2. (modifier) blocked, dammed, stopped up.
3. (noun) camping place, camp.
E hoki mai ana rātau ki te whakatā mō te kotahi wiki, ka hoki atu ai ki tō rātau puni i Takapuna, Tāmaki-makau-rau (HP 1971:33). / They were returning to rest up for the week before returning to their camp at Takapuna, Auckland.
4. (noun) company of people, contingent, detachment, group.
I te tau 1824 ka takina atu e Te Hanataua te puni a Ngāti Ruanui hei whakahirihiri i a Te Rauparaha e taiapuhia ana i Kapiti (TTR 1990:305). / In 1824 Te Hanataua led the Ngāti Ruanui contingent to assist Te Rauparaha who was being attacked on Kapiti Island.
puninga
1. (noun) camping place, camping ground, campsite.
He whakaaro nui nō Te Hāpuku kia riro māna te whenua o Tāwhara e hoko, kātahi ka whakatūria he puninga ki Whakawhiti i Ākuhata 1857 (TTR 1990:180). / Te Hapuku, determined to assert his right to sell Tawhara's block, erected a camp at Whakawhiti in August 1857.
2. (noun) tribe, family - especially in relation to descent.
Rāua tahi he puninga nā Taranaki me Te Āti Awa (TTR 1994:181). / Both of them were of Taranaki and Te Āti Awa descent.
3. (noun) genus (classification of organisms).
E ai ki tā ngā mātanga pūtaiao whakarōpū rauropi, ko te momo te rōpū rauropi iti rawa atu. Ko ngā momo e whanaunga tahi ana, ka kīia he puninga (RP 2009:290). / According to the authorities on the classification of organisms, a species is a very small grouping of organisms. Species that are closely related are called a genus.
4. (noun) blocking up, blockage.
waewae tīwhera
1. (noun) person related to two tribes, one with a foot in both camps.
I roto i ēnei rerekētanga, kua waewae tīwhera a 'Ngā Mōteatea', ko tētahi waewae keingā tikanga onamata, ko tētahi kei te aranga ake o ngā waiata o te rautau 19 e āhua hou ana te hanga, e āhua hou ana te whakamahia (M 2011:80). / In respect of change, 'Ngā Mōteatea' sits between the ancient tradition and the beginning of the new shape and use of songs in the 19th century (M 2011:81).
Synonyms: kaiwhakarua
2. (stative) be completely covered.
Kua tōpuni katoa i te moko (W 1971:437). / Completely covered with tattooing.
3. (modifier) close together.
4. (modifier) camping.
I hangaia he whare nui mō te mārena i te takiwā o te marae o Te Tii, te wāhi tōpuni o te iwi i te wā o te hainatanga o te Tiriti i te tau 1840 (TTR 1994:162). / A large building was built for the wedding in the vicinity of Te Tii marae, where the people attending the Treaty signing in 1840 had camped.
5. (noun) dogskin cloak of dark hair with white borders.
He tōpuni te kahu, he parāoa te rākau (NM 1928:87). / The cloak was a dogskin cloak of dark hair with white borders and the weapon a whalebone club.
taupuni
1. (noun) camp, temporary encampment, station, depot.
He taupuni nui tēnei nō ngā hapū o tēnei takiwā i ngā rā o mua. I haere mai ki konei mahi ika ai i ngā raumati (PK 2008:894). / This was a large temporary campsite of the subtribes of this region in former times. They came here for fishing activities in summer.
2. (noun) assembly place of chiefs.
Ki te kitea e taua tangata he tāngata e haere ana mai, te ope taua rānei, ka pā te whakaoho ki te taupahī, ki te puni rānei, ki te pā rānei (JPS 1906:129). / If that man saw people coming, or a war party, the alarm was given to the assembly place of the chiefs, or to the camp, or the pā.
kāinga taupua
1. (noun) temporary abode, temporary accommodation, makeshift settlement, camping ground.
Kua tīmata i nāianei te whakaaraara haere i tētahi kāinga taupua noa nei i te wāhi taihoa ake ka whakaingoatia ko Rātana pā (TTR 1996:150). / A makeshift settlement now began to develop at the place that would eventually be called Rātana pā.
