1. (verb) (-tia) to lie in a heap, pile in a heap.
Kaua e kāikatia ngā rākau ki konei, haria atu ki kō. / Don't pile up the timber here, take it over there.
Synonyms: kāuki, kāike, pūhangaiti, tihi, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, pūranga, haupū, pū, pūkai, haipū, pīhangaiti, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta
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