2. (noun) heap, pile, stack, bundle, sheaf.
Ki te toro atu te ahi, ā ka pono ki ngā tātarāmoa, ā ka pau ngā whakapū witi, te witi rānei e tū ana, te māra rānei (PT Ekoruhe 22:6). / If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith.
Synonyms: pūkainga, tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakaputu, whakarae, kōputu, pūhanga, pūkei, putunga, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, pūkai, taipū, whakaputunga, haupū
whakapū
1. (modifier) basically, fundamentally, founding, originating.
Ahakoa rā te rerekē, riro ana tēnei hei kaupapa whakapū i te noho tahi a Rua rāua ko te mihingare, ko Hoani Rōtene (TTR 1996:182). / Despite being unusual, this was the basis of the co-operation that developed between Rua and the missionary, John Laughton.
Synonyms: whakapūmau
