Results for 'pukepuke'
pukepuke - hilly; small hill
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).
Williams Dictionary
He pā noho i te pukepuke ētahi.
Some pā were built on the tops of hills.
Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare.
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications.
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.
Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, (so that it looks) as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications
