1. (stative) be piled up, heaped together, collected together.
Ka eke nei ōna tau ki te 18, kua kōputu kē i a ia he tahua moni, hei moe māna i te wahine pūhou nei, i a Kataraina Te Urumahue Kātene o Te Rotoiti (TTR 1998:42). / By the time he was 18 Emery had saved a sum of money to marry a young woman from Rotoiti, Kataraina Te Urumahue Kātene.
Synonyms: tihi, putu, whakatahua
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