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pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer

Pūkenga, a. Skilled in, versed in. He tangata pukenga enei ki te whakatere waka haere moana.

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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.

Williams Dictionary

Kia ako, kia tapurihia itahi atu o ngā pūkenga mātaurangahau i ake kete.
To learn, and to add other new knowledge skills to your own kete.

#130: Negative active commands - Don't!
#125: Talking about you and other poeple
#103: The mother is watching the children who are not playing
#156: I am no longer going to the meeting
#61: Their father was, is or will be shouting
#53: My tummy is sore
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