2. (modifier) crowded, dense, confined, restricted, overpopulated, tightly packed, compacted.
He piki pari tonu tā rātou mahi; he kuhu haere tonu i roto i ngā ngahere ururua, apiapi, monoku rawa, he whakawhitiwhiti hoki i ngā repo kua kino i te ua, kua tāpokopoko (TWMNT 2/5/1876:102). / They had to climb cliffs, to enter dense, saturated forest undergrowth, and to cross swamps made worse by rain and had become boggy.
3. (noun) crowding, density, confinement, restriction, overpopulation.
I te pō pēnā tonu te āhua o ngā tiriti me te pene hipi te apiapi (TP 2/1901:12). / At night the streets seemed to be as crowded as a sheep pen.
