For someone (agent muɴ-) to tend a growing tree, as a small seedling tree, a large tree, by not cutting it down and keeping the land around it cleared.
pamūgu; mamūgu
Special care is taken, especially in one's private forest, pinūgu, to maintain a good stand of trees, to protect springs in the area and provide a continuing supply of wood for fuel and building material. Trees are also tended in upland fields, ūma, and around upland and pond fields, payaw.