pungapunga
1. (adjective) be yellow.
E whakaaturia ana anō te āhua o te ngākau e te āhua o ngā kākahu, arā, pēnei me ētahi wāhine e mau kākahu wherowhero nei, kākāriki, pungapunga, kānapanapa me te huhua noa iho o te kara; nāwai rā tērā e pōhēhētia he āniwaniwa (HKW 1/10/1900:3). / Personality is revealed by the nature of the clothes, that is like some women who wear reddish dresses, green, yellow, emerald and many colours and after a while one would think they're rainbows.
2. (modifier) pumiceous, pumice-ridden.
He whenua pungapunga, akeake kē nei ēnei whenua o Pouākani, ā, nā te kore huarahi, mā runga pāti rawa e whakawhiti atu ai te tangata i te awa o Waikato (TTR 2000:27). / This land of Pouākani was pumice-ridden and of poor quality, and because there were no roads a person must cross the Waikato river by barge.
3. (noun) lump, pumice stone.
Ko taua ngaru e kīia ana ko Te tai a Ruatapu. Ko ngā pungapunga o Kaingaroa, Taupō, e kīia ana nā taua ngaru i homai ki reira (TWMNT 22/5/1877:135). / That flood was called 'The tide-wave of Ruatapu'. The pumice stones of Kaingaroa, Taupō, are said to have been brought there by that flood.
Synonyms: tāhoata, pōkurukuru, tipu, repe, koropuku, poikurukuru, huahua, pukupuku, puku, punga
4. (noun) pollen of raupō.
Mahia ai te komeke i te pungapunga o te raupō (Te Ara 2013). / Cakes were also made from the pollen of bulrush.
5. (noun) ankle.
He tauri kōmore e mau mai ana ki te pungapunga o te wahine tapairu, he mea whiri ki te muka (HJ 2012:267). / The aristocratic woman was wearing an anklet on her ankle, which was woven from flax fibre.
