2. (verb) (-a) to overcrowd, jam-pack.
Ahakoa te kī pēnei a tana rīpoata mō tētehi hui i reira, arā, he wāhi tōmua e opurua ana e te tangata, kīhai ia i kite e tuhene rawa ana te inu waipiro (TTR 1996:54). / Despite his report about a hui there being a primitive place overcrowded with people, he did not find that the drinking of alcohol was too excessive.
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