1. (noun) pumice stone.
E keria ana te oneone e ia ki tana hō, ka tupono ki te tāhoata (pungapunga), ā huna ana e ia aua tāhoata (TW 15/12/1877:483). / He was digging the soil with his spade when he came upon the pumice, and so he hid those pieces of pumice.
Synonyms: pungapunga
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