haupū
1. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to place in a heap, gather into a heap.
I maharatia he pīwa, otirā i te taenga ki ngā rā mahana kātahi tērā ka matemate te tāngata, me te rango mate e haupū ana i ngā huanui, tē taea te tanu (TWMNT 22/3/1879:354). / It was thought that it was a fever, but when the warm days arrived then many people died and the dead were pilled up on the roads, they were unable to bury them.
Synonyms: haipū
2. (verb) to lie in a heap.
Ka haupū te kupenga tawhito ki uta, ki ngā parenga o ngā wai tauraki ai ki te rā, ka maroke, ka pakapaka (TP 1/1/1901:6). / The old net lies in a heap on the shore and on the banks of streams to dry in the sun. It dries out and is baked.
Synonyms: kāike, pūhangaiti, kāika, tihi, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, pūranga, pū, pūkai, haipū, pīhangaiti, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta, kāuki
3. (noun) heap, stack, pile.
Monemone noa ngā haupū papa o te mira kani rākau i Te Kōpuru, i Te Wairoa, Kaipara (KO 15/9/1883:2). / The stacks of timber of the sawmill at Te Kōpuru, Te Wairoa, Kaipara, were completely destroyed.
Synonyms: tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakapū, whakaputu, whakarae, kōputu, pūhanga, pūkei, putunga, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, pūkai, taipū, whakaputunga, pūkainga
4. (noun) fund.
He mihi ake nō mātou ki tō whakaaturanga mai i te haupū moni mō ngā pīhopa e rua (KO 15/6/1885:4). / We thank you for informing us of the fund of money for the two bishops.
