pūreirei

Māori

Etymology

Partial reduplication of pūrei (“patchy”).

Verb

pūreirei

1. (stative) to be patchy, to be scattered

Noun

pūreirei

1. cluster
2. windthrow
3. (computing) buffer
4. Any of species Carex secta of sedges

   Synonym: makura

Further reading

• “pūreirei” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.