pūkei
1. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to lie, lie in a heap, heap up.
Kātahi ka kotia taua ika; kei roto e takoto ana te wahine me te tamaiti kei runga i tōna tuarā, me ngā tāne me ngā wāhine, kei roto i te puku o taua wairangi e pūkei ana (JPS 1894:100). / Then the fish was cut up; lying inside him was a woman with her child on her back, and men, and women, all heaped together in the stomach of that demon.
Synonyms: kāuki, tāwheta, tāwhetawheta, pīhangaiti, haipū, pū, haupū, pūranga, whakaputu, putu, tihi, kāika, pūhangaiti, kāike, tahupera, papahu, kēā, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa, takoto, rūpahu, hori, horihori, kōrero parau, kōrero teka, tīpapa, tipatipa, tito, teka, whakateka, rūkahu
2. (noun) heap, pile.
