paenga, n. 1. Place where anything is laid on one side or across.
2. Margin, boundary. Ka mahi te awhato hohoni paenga (i.e., eating round the edges of leaves) (P. 38).
3. The outer edge of a kumara plantation. Ngahuru kai paenga.
4. Place where things are heaped up. He paenga rangatira (A place of fallen chiefs) (M. 346).
5. Site of buildings, etc. Kei te paenga rua o Te Raharaha. ‖ paekiri.
Williams Dictionary