rua
/ˈruːə
/noun NZ
(In Maori culture) a pit used for storage, typically of root vegetables and fruit: they showed me the rua where fruit had been arrayed for storage...
- They filled in the trenches and rua with soil.
- The diggers have also uncovered a rua.
- You'll find extensive terracing, rua pits and visible former dwellings.
Origin
Early 19th century: Maori.
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