Puanga (ii). 1. a. Decayed, rotten. Tae rawa atu ahau ki taku rakau, kua puanga noa atu te manu, kua kainga te kiko e te iro. (Of birds dead in a snare.)
2. Dried, dried up. Kua puanga noa iho te rakau o roto.—Kua puaheri te kauri, ara kua puanga, kua māmā noa iho, kua kore e pai. (Of soot for tattooing.)
3. Thin, emaciated. I te takurua e puanga noa iho ana te koura.—Kua puanga noa iho te tangata, kua kore he kiko, he aha.
4. n. Dry branch of a tree.
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Puanga (iii), n. Rigel, a star which marked the season of plenty; hence the proverb, Puanga kai rau (P. 81).
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