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tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)

Ka tukua te kurī e au.
The dog was released by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I a au e taiohi ana, i tukua aku makawe kia tupu. I āhua roa tonu.
When I was a teenager, I let my hair grow. It got quite long.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana

Kaua tō reta e tukua ki te nūpepra!
Don't send your letter to the newspaper!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Tukua te wairua kia rere ki ngā taumata.
Allow one's spirit to exercise its potential.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

.. kia kawea anō e Ponga ki te tangata i tukua mai ai taua patu rā ki a ia e te matua o Puhihuia
.. so that it could be carried back by Ponga to the man who that weapon was given to by

Kāti, tukua mai ki Hikurangi, ki te maunga e tauria i te huka.
Enough! Let him come hither to Hikurangi, to the mountain crowned with snow.

Tukua ngā tamariki nohinohi kia haere mai ki ahau =
Permit that the little children should come to me; or allow the little children to come to me.

Tukua mātou kia hoki ki ō mātou kāinga.
Permit (allow) us to return to our homes.

Ko wai tēnei tangata i tukua atu, he mea rīpeka nā te ringa o ngā tāngata kino?
Who was this man who was handed over, crucified by the hand(s) of evil men?

Tukua ki te nūpepa!
(Send [it] to the paper!)

I tukua iho tēnei whenua mai i tō tātou tipuna.
This land was handed down to us from our grandfather.

Tukua mai e koe he ngākau hōu!
(You) send us new hearts!

Tukua atu te Kawana kia hoki ki tōna kāinga!
Let the Governor go back to his own place!

Kāore tēnei e tukua kia haere e ia.
She won’t let this one go.

Tukua mātou kia haere atu
Permit that we may depart (Please allow us to go).

#123: Spill the beans!
#114: Although it is raining, we are going to the beach
#64: She is always swimming in the sea
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#40: Rangi is sad now but is a happy person
#39: This is a motorbike
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