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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.

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

#169: A ceremony at which hats are caused to be worn
#44: The brother was walking to the sister
#109: Rangi is hungry therefore he is angry
#96: Rangi is reading. The book is being read.
#17: The big man is crying
#69: Who is the woman singing?
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