putunga
1. (noun) heap, pile, stack, storage.
Ka haere mātau ki te rūma putunga iwi. E putu ana tērā te iwi tangata, mehemea he toma nō neherā (HKW 1/8/1899:5). / We went to the room the bone storage room. There human bones were piled up as if it was an ancient tomb.
See also putuputunga
Synonyms: pūkainga, tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakapū, whakaputu, whakarae, kōputu, pūhanga, pūkei, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, pūkai, taipū, whakaputunga, haupū
