pataka
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A Maori storehouse for food, typically raised above the ground.
The brown grass that Barry cut for us / With the new sickle, is lying in heaps / Between the house and the door of the pataka / Where we stuck our mattresses.
noun
1
A firecracker; a small paper packet of coloured potash and pieces of kankar, exploding when thrown against a hard surface.
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