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haipū

1. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to place in a heap, gather into a heap.

Ka haiputia te rarauhe (JPS 1926:244). / The bracken fern was gathered into a heap.

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Synonyms: haupū


2. (verb)  to lie in a heap.

E kīia ana e rua rau ngā Poa e haipū ana i roto i ō rātou parepare kua mate (TJ 1/2/1900:14). / It is reported that there were two hundred dead Boers heaped up in their fortifications.

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Synonyms: kāike, pūhangaiti, kāika, tihi, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, kāuki, haupū, , pūkai, pīhangaiti, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta, pūranga

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