kauika
1. (verb) (-tia) to lay in a heap.
Nō te taenga mai o tēnei pahī, ka kauikatia he rīwai, e whā tekau mā toru ki te māra o ngā whare tuhituhi o te Kāwanatanga (MM.TKM 1/1/1855:10). / When this party arrived, forty-three baskets of potatoes were piled near the entrance of the offices of the Government.
3. (noun) heap, school or pod (of whales, etc.).
Ko te rongo i puta mai i Tokomaru e kī ana i pae mai ki uta i taua kāinga tētahi kauika wēra, hui katoa ngā ika o taua kauika ka 23 i riro katoa i ngā Māori (TWMNT 4/4/1876:86). / The news that has emerged from Tokomaru Bay says that a school of whales has stranded at that place and altogether there were 23 whales in that school, all of them have been taken by the Māori.
