paratunu
1. (loan) (noun) platoon - a company was divided into three platoons.
Nō te taenga atu o te toenga mai o tō rātau paratunu, i mau tūturu ai te tāmore nei (TTR 2000:112). / When the rest of their platoon arrived, the pinnacle was secured.
Synonyms: wāhanga toru o te kamupene