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puke - hill

Puke (i), n. 1. Hill. Haere ana ratou, ka eke i runga i te puke (T. 79).

2. Hillock, mound. Ka tu nga puke, he mea ahu ano nga onepu e nga ringaringa o te tohunga (M. lxxxiii). Puke nui a papa, a mound made at the tuaahu by the tohunga in certain rites. ‖ Wai. 23.

3. Pubes, mons veneris.

pukepuke. 1. a. Hilly.

2. n. Hill, hillock. Ka haere ano raua, a ka mamao noa atu, ka kotahi pukepuke (T. 147). Hoki rawa ake te taua ra i te kitenga atu e haere mai ana; ano! me he pukepuke whenua (T. 150).

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Puke (ii), pupuke. 1. v.i. Well up, rise, as water, etc. I pupuke a wai te roimata i aku kamo (M. 73). Pupuke mahara e roto i to hinengaro (M. 40). Ka puke te wai o Waipara.

2. Repeat incantations. Tenei ka noho, ka pupuke, ka hihiri (M. 372). Whare pupuke = whare wananga.

2. a. Swelling, flooded. Kei te ngaru puke (M. 107).

pukea, pass. 1. Be swollen, as a river. Ka pukea te wai akuanei.

2. Be submerged, flooded. Ka pukea au e te wai (M. 363).

pukenga, n. 1. Pools, flood waters.

2. Repository. Koia te pukenga o nga mahara katoa.—Kihai i tae ki nga pukenga, ki nga wananga, ki nga tauira (M. 355). Ko wai ta pukenga, nana koe i ako?

whakapuke, whakapupuke. 1. v.i. Begin to rise, of feelings, etc. Kei whakapuke te tai o te matakurae o Te Taitapu (M. 403). E whakapuke ana te hiahia.

2. Brood, recall gloomy thoughts. Kia au ai taku moe, kei whakapuke tonu (M. 233).

3. v.t. Submerge.

waipuke.

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Puke (iii) (poetical) = kaipuke, n. Ship. E whi te uta atu te puke o Moreke (M. 256).

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

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.

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

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