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1. (verb) (-ia,-ria) to make into a bundle or ball.

Pūia ngā raupō mō te whare (W 1971:300). / Bundle up the raupō leaves for the house.

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2. (verb) to lie in a heap.

Ka te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi (W 1971:300). / When the worn-out net lies in a heap the new net goes fishing.

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


3. (modifier) double, twice.

Tae rawa atu ahau ki Manaia kua hihinga kē ngā tāngata i taua taru; hokotahi mā rua ngā tāngata i ngaro rawa atu i taua mate, i te karawaka, ā, tokorima ngā tāngata i rokohanga atu e takoto ana (TPM 2/2/1863:4). / When I finally reached Manaia people had already been smitten by that disease; twelve people were dead from that illness, typhus fever, and I came upon ten people lying there.

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4. (noun) bunch, bundle, clump, tuft, anything growing in a bunch, skilled person, wise person.

Ka tango ki te wīwī, ka rere iho taua wahine nei ki roto ki te kōruarua, ākina iho hoki taua wīwī nei (NM 1928:9). / The woman removed the clump of rushes and fled down into the hole and replaced the clump of rushes.

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5. (noun) heap, stack.

Ka titiro hoki ki te whata o te aruhe, o te mātaitai, ki te o te kupenga (NM 1928:68). / And he looked at the platform, on which there was fern root and seafood, and at the heap of fishing net.

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6. (noun) exponent, indice, power.

Hei tohu te i te whakareatanga tāruarua o te tētahi tau. Ka whakanōhia te ki te koko whakarunga i te taha matau o te tau, ā, ko tāna, he tohu i te maha o taua tau e whakareatia ana (TRP 2010:208). / The exponent/indice/power is a symbol for the repeated multiplication of a number. The power is shown at the top right hand corner of the number, and indicates how many of that number are being multiplied together.

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Synonyms: kōmārohi, kaha, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, maru, awe, hiko, ihi, awenga, mana whakahaere

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