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whakapū

1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria) to lay in a heap, stack, bundle, sheaf.

E mahi ana ngā tāngata ki te kokoti, ki te whakapū i ngā witi, i ngā aha (MM.TKM 1/1860:13). / The people are working to reap and sheaf the wheat and other crops.

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Synonyms: kauika, whakaahu, whakaputu


2. (noun) heap, pile, stack, bundle, sheaf.

Ki te toro atu te ahi, ā ka pono ki ngā tātarāmoa, ā ka pau ngā whakapū witi, te witi rānei e tū ana, te māra rānei (PT Ekoruhe 22:6). / If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith.

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Synonyms: pūkainga, tōhīanga, purawhetū, kauika, whakaputu, whakarae, kōputu, pūhanga, pūkei, putunga, whakarauika, whakapipi, whārona, pūkai, taipū, whakaputunga, haupū

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