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Results for 'puke'

puke - hill


kaipuke - ship

pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer

pūkei - to lie in a heap

pūkē - arm; armpit

pukepuke - hilly; small hill

whakapukepuke - to build mounds, build stopbanks

Me tāpuke te tūpāpaku i roto i te toru rā.
The body must be buried within three days.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kei runga tō mātou whare i tētahi puke.
Our (3/+ exclusive) house is on a hill.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

Nā reira taua wāhi i karangatia ai ko Puketapu.
Because of that, that place was called Puketapu.
Conjugations - therefore - nā reira, nō reira

Whakapuakina ā koutou pukepuka, tamariki nā!
Open your books, children!
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

I rere mai te kaipuke.
The ship sailed here.
Towards - mai

He pā noho i te pukepuke ētahi.
Some pā were built on the tops of hills.

I mua rā, ko tana mahi hoki he puhipuhi pūkeko.
He used to shoot pūkeko.

He puke onepū kei te taha o te awa.
There are sand dunes beside the river.

Ko ngā tāngata o Pōneke, ka whakatūtū i ō rātou whare ki ngā tahataha o ngā puke.
in Wellington, people build houses on the sides of hills.

Tērā tētahi pukepuke rarauhe, he nehenehe i tētahi pito i tua tata mai o te pā.
There was a fern hill with a patch of bush at one end on the near side of the fort.

Ko te moana kei tērā taha o ngā puke onepū.
The sea is beyond the sand-dunes.

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