puia
1. (noun) volcano, geyser, hot spring, eruption.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 74-77; Te Māhuri Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
Ka koropupū te moana ānō he puia. Muri tonu iho, kua kite atu au e kāngia ana ētahi wāhi o te tima, kua rongo atu hoki au ki aku tāngata e auē ana, e ngunguru ana i te mamae (TP 1/7/1902:2). / The sea was boiling like a volcano. Just after that I saw some parts of the ship burning and I heard my men crying out and groaning with pain.
2. (noun) bush, tuft, clump, bunch, cluster.
