2. (noun) temporary shelter, shed, bivouac.
Ka mahia he māhauhau hei whakaruru mōna mō te wā e noho ana ia ki te ngahere (PK 2008:??). / A bivouac was made as a shelter for him for the time he was living in the bush.
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