pūkai
1. (verb) (-a,-ria,-tia) to lie, lie in a heap, heap up.
Tae rawa atu te ope a Taranaki kua kore he tāngata, kua wera hoki te pā i te ahi. Ko ngā tūpāpaku e pūkai ana ko Te Waitere, ko tētahi āpiha Pākehā me tana wahine me ngā tamariki tokotoru, me ētahi atu Pākehā tokorua (TP 5/1904:8). / When Taranaki's party finally arrived the pā had been burnt. The bodies that were lying in a heap were Te Waitere, a Pākehā officer and his wife and three children with another two Pākehā.
See also pūkei
Synonyms: kāuki, tāwheta, tāwhetawheta, pīhangaiti, haipū, pū, haupū, pūranga, whakaputu, putu, tihi, kāika, pūhangaiti, kāike, tahupera, papahu, kēā, takoto, hāwatewate, paraparau, patu taringa, rūpahu, pūkei, hori, horihori, kōrero parau, kōrero teka, tīpapa, tipatipa, tito, teka, whakateka, rūkahu
2. (noun) heap, pile.
Ka rere mai ki tōna aroaro, ka hoki anō, tau rawa atu ko taua pūkai maramara noho mai ai, me te tamumu haere tonu i taua wāhi kotahi anō (JPS 1922:119). / It flew in front of him, returned again, and settled upon that heap of chips, and kept buzzing about that one spot.
See also pūkei
Synonyms: haupū, pūkainga, tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakapū, whakaputu, whakarae, kōputu, pūhanga, pūkei, putunga, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, taipū, whakaputunga
