kāuki
1. (verb) (-tia) to lie in a heap, heaped up.
Opehia atu ana ngā moni ki ngā rōia, me he kota pipi e kāuki ana, ko te aha rā i mahue ki ngā uri o te whenua? (KO 15/2/1883:2). / The money to the lawyers is scooped up, as if it is pipi shells heaped up, but what remains for the descendants of the land owners?
Synonyms: kāike, pūhangaiti, kāika, tihi, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, pūranga, haupū, pū, pūkai, haipū, pīhangaiti, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta
