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 atuPermit that we may depart (Please allow us to go).