whakaputunga
1. (noun) pile, heap, collection, cache, corpus, archive, store, hoard, reserve, stockpile, supply, stash.
He tikanga tonu nāna te whakamau i āna manuhiri taiea ki te kahu kairangi, ki te taonga pounamu rānei, he mea tango tonu mai i te whakaputunga taonga i kaingākaunuitia e rāua ko tōna hoa (TTR 1996:20). / It was a custom of hers to present her honoured guests with fine cloaks or greenstone artefacts from her and her husband's treasured collection.
Synonyms: keteroki, tūrāhui, toe, whenua rāhui, wehe, whakakawhena, whakatapu, haumi, porowhita, rāhui, tāpui, putunga, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, pūkai, taipū, haupū, pūkainga, tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakapū, whakaputu, whakarae, kōputu, pūhanga, pūkei
