Meaning of pataka | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Maori storehouse for food, typically raised above the ground.
   New-Zealand
2. A firecracker; a small paper packet of coloured potash and pieces of kankar, exploding when thrown against a hard surface.
   India

Examples

“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.”

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