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pūkana - stare with bulging eyes (fierce facial expressions used in actions songs and haka)

Pūkana, v.i. 1. Stare wildly. Pukana o karu ki roto Manawatu (M. 205). Me titiro mata tahi e au, me pukana tonu ki runga te rangi (M. 303).

2. Distort the countenance, as in a haka. Whakaaro ana a Te Puhihuia … ki te wa hei putanga mona ki mua pukana ai (T. 167).

3. Make contortions as an amusement. Ka emi mai te mano o te tangata ki te haka, ki te waiata … ki te takaro, ki te pukana, ki nga mahi tinihanga a te maori (M. vii).

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Williams Dictionary

Ka pūkana mai ngā tāngata e haka ana.
The people who are doing the haka will do fierce facial expressions.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka pūkana mai ngā tāngata e haka ana.
The people who are doing the haka will do fierce facial expressions.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

#66: Mere is a girl, Mere is the girl
#89: 2025
#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#23: The children are running from the house to the school
#94: Cause the book to be open!
#166: Nominaliztion
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