pūnga
1. (noun) reason, cause, origin, base.
Tūmanako tonu te ngākau o Tōpia kia whiwhi anō rātou i te tai moana o te awa o Whanganui, ka noho ko ōna pā kei te tata tonu ki Pipiriki hei pūnga māna i te kōkiritanga (TTR 1994:195). / Tōpia wanted to reclaim the Whanganui coast and his pā remained quite close to Pipiriki as his bases from which to attack.
Synonyms: mea, tikanga, takunetanga, pū, ahunga, orokohanga, mātāwai, kunenga, ūkaipō, pī, orokohanganga, take, pūtake, takenga, toi
