purupuru

Noun

 * 1) star

Etymology
(thus doublet) of from  (compare with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 "coconut husk") from. Sense of "plug" is a semantic extension from the lack of coconuts found naturally in New Zealand.

Noun

 * 1) caulk

Verb

 * 1) to stuff, to fill in
 * 2) to suppress