pataka

noun2

1. •
   (India) A firecracker; a small paper packet of coloured potash and pieces of kankar, exploding when thrown against a hard surface.
2. •
   (New-Zealand) 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. — 1972