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pūkai - to lie in a heap

Pūkai, pūkei. 1. n. Heap, crowd. Haere ra, e pa, taria e hoki mai ki a matou ra, ko te pukai pani, e kuwawa noa nei (S.).

2. v.i. Lie in a heap. Ka rukea nga tupapaku ki waho pukai ai (T. 153). He ana koiwi, e ka pukei (T. 155).

3. Lie listless. Hoki mai noa ana ki te pukai, wheo ai (M. 10).

4. v.t. Lay in a heap. Pukairia nga oneone ki waenganui.

pūkainga, n. Heap. He pukainga pakake ki Te Roto-a-Tara (M. 179).

Williams Dictionary

Ka tīmata te kuia nei ki.te tatau i āna kūmara tekau, kia mōhio ai ia kei reira tonu tana pūkai kūmara.
After a while she began counting her ten kūmara; this was a way of checking that the pile of kūmara was still there.

#195: For the purpose of someone else doing something
#200: I am leaving because of the crying of the baby
#196: Kia... ai with passives
#27: I am reading the book to the children in the house
#87: How many pens are there?
#135: I am able to look after your children (but I'm not going to)
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