pūhanga
1. (noun) heap, pile.
Kei reira rāua e tiritiri ana i te pūhanga ika i mau ki tā rāua kupenga (PK 2008:694). / There they were distributing the pile of fish caught with their net.
Synonyms: pūkainga, tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakapū, whakaputu, whakarae, kōputu, pūkei, putunga, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, pūkai, taipū, whakaputunga, haupū
2. (noun) bundle.
E marara noa ana ngā riki, kāore anō i paiheretia hei pūhanga (PK 2008:694). / The onions were scattered about, not having yet been tied up into bundles.
