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tuku

1. (transitive verb) handover.


2. (noun) handover.


3. (transitive verb) discharge.


4. (noun) service.

tuku

1. (verb) (-a,-na) to release, let go, give up, leave, resign, put off, descend, get off, let down, download (computer), set free, allow, send, pass, serve, bowl, submit - reflects the notion of transfer.

Tōna taenga ki taua wāhi kua kaha te hau, ka tukua tōna haika (TP 3/1912:8). / When he reached that place the wind had strengthened and he dropped his anchor.

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See also tukua mai

Synonyms: rihaina, rīhaina, rato, whakarato, unu, whakaanuanu, pāuhu, mahue, whakahoro, tukutuku, whakahinga, whakaheke, maka, ara kūiti, hihipa, pāhi, wewete, wetewete, wete, motu, ngarengare, ngare, tono, unga, tunga, tare, awaiho, toe, maunu, wehewehe, wehe, whakangā, waiho iho, maiki


2. (verb) (-a,-na) to relinquish, cede, grant, gift.

Nā tētahi o ngā pakeke o Ngāti Rākaipākā, nō te Hāhi o te Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri nei, arā, te Hāhi Mōmona, i tuku tētahi pānga whenua hai whakatū i a Kahungunu ki runga (HP 1991:80). / One of the elders of Ngāti Rākaipākā belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that is the Mormon Church, ceded a piece of land on which to erect Kahungunu.

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3. (verb) (-a,-na) to present, offer.

Ka nui te whaikōrero, ka tukua te kai, arā, te tuna, te inanga, te kōura, te toitoi (JPS 1901:74). / After a lot of speech-making, food was presented, that is eels, whitebait, crayfish and giant bully.

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Synonyms: whiu, perehana, tāpae, whakahiku, whakawhiwhi, whakaari, onāianei, koha, tuari, hākari, kōparepare


4. (noun) presentation, offering, release, submission.

Ki te mea e horohoro ana tō tuku pitihana mō ēnei ture ki te Pāremata, tonoa mai kia tuhi atu mātou i ō mātou ingoa, māu e pine ki raro o ēnei ture e 53 (TW 25/5/1878:270). / If you are in a hurry to submit your petition about these laws to Parliament, ask us to write our names and you can attach them under these 53 laws.

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See also tuku whenua

Synonyms: whakatakotoranga, whakaaturanga, whakawhiwhinga, whāngai hau, tāpaetanga, koha, whakahere, maheno, whakamaheatanga, wete, wetewete, wewete, whakamatara

rohe tuku

1. (noun) service area.

tuku matakana

1. (noun) probation.

tuku kaku

1. (noun) underarm serve.

kaiwhakawā tuku

1. (noun) (tennis) service judge.

tuku kākano

1. (intransitive verb) ovulate.


2. (noun) ovulation.

tuku hē

1. (cricket) no ball.

tuku whēkau

1. (noun) organ donation.

tuku whakarunga

1. (noun) hook serve.

tuku whakamātau

1. (noun) parole.

tuku tēnehi

1. (noun) (volleyball) tennis serve.

tuku paetaha

1. (noun) (hockey) push in.

tuku mātātahi

1. (noun) final.


2. (noun) tie-breaker.

tuku kōrero

1. (verb) to make a submission, submit, give evidence.

I tuku kōrero whakamārama a Te Hāpuku mō ētahi o ngā take (TTR 1990:181). / Te Hāpuku gave evidence for a few cases.

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Tuku ihotanga

1. heritage.

Ko tō tātou reo Māori tētahi o ngā tuku ihotanga nō tuawhakarere. Our Māori language is our heritage from our ancestors. /

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whenua tuku

1. (noun) gifted land.

He whenua tuku atu tēnei mō ngā Māori o Te Wairarapa i te takiwā o te tau 1912 mō tō rātou tukunga atu i ngā roto o Te Wairarapa ki te kāwanatanga i te tau 1896 (TTR 2000:27). / About 1912 this was land gifted to Wairarapa Māori in compensation for their surrender to the government of the Wairarapa lakes in 1896.

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tuku awhikiri

1. (verb) to immunise.


2. (noun) immunisation.

tuku hauota

1. (modifier) denitrifying.

He huakita atu anō kei roto i te oneone e huri ai i te pākawa ota hei hauota ki te kōhauhau. Ka kīia ēnei, he huakita tuku hauota (RP 2009:208). / Another type of bacteria in the soil converts the nitrates in the soil back into atmospheric nitrogen. These are called denitrifying bacteria (RP 2009:208).

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2. (noun) denitrification.

Ka hurihia te pākawa ota o roto i te oneone hei hauota rehu ki te kōhauhau. Ka kīia tēnei tukanga ko te 'tuku hauota', ā, mā te huakita tuku hauota tēnei tukanga e whakatutuki (RP 2009:209). / Nitrate in the soil is converted to nitrogen gas into the atmosphere. This process is called 'denitrification', and this process is completed by the denitrifying bacteria.

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tuku anō

1. (noun) let (tennis).

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