2. (noun) dust.
Tau rawa ake te puehu, e tīraha ana te ika huirua o Maungapōhatu. Ko Te Māipi Te Whiu tētahi, ko Toko tētahi (TTR 1996:133). / When the dust settled (i.e. when the fighting was over), two people of Maungapōhatu lay dead. Te Māipi Te Whiu was one and the other was Toko.
3. (noun) silt.
Ahakoa he puehu, he nui te tuna (HP 1991:27). / Although there was silt, there were lots of eels.
4. (noun) pollen.
Ka unuhia te waihonga harakeke, ka whakaemia te puehu o te raupō hei poke parāoa (Te Ara 2012). / Nectar was taken from flax and cakes were made from raupō (bullrush) pollen.
