kaipuke
1. (noun) ship.
Ko ō rātou hū he kiri kekeno, ko ngā kākahu he kiri kekeno anō, ko ngā toenga o ngā hēra o te kaipuke (TP 12/1907:2). / Their shoes were of seal skins, their clothes were also of seal skins and the remnants of the ship's sail.
See also puke
Synonyms: tima, motu, pora, puke, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere
kaipuke pūngao-karihi
1. (noun) nuclear-powered ship.
Synonyms: tima, motu, kaipuke, pora, puke, pahī, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere
kaipuke haere raro wai
1. (noun) submarine.
I waihanga ai tēnei whakaaro i roto i ngā Marikena nā te mahi a ngā kaipuke haere raro wai o te Ingarihi he rere tonu te mahi ki ngā takutai moana o Tiamani, ka rere ana me he ope pāpahu (TKO 4/1915:6). / This idea originated amongst the Americans because there were so many English submarines travelling to the coast of Germany that they are like pods of porpoises.
āpiha tango tāke i ngā kaipuke
1. (noun) tidewaiter - customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.
Nā ōna parapara ki te tuhituhi, ki te kōrero, ki te tatau, ā, he tangata pono hoki, taka rawa ake ki te pokapūtanga o te tekau tau mai i 1860, kua whakatūria a ia e William Thomas, te kaiwhakawā takiwā, hei āpiha tango tāke i ngā kaipuke e ū ake ana ki Ōwenga (TTR 1990:152). / Because of his talents in writing, speaking, numeracy and general reliability, in the mid 1860s William Thomas, Resident Magistrate, appointed him as tidewaiter at Ōwenga.
puke
1. (noun) ship - short for kaipuke.
I rere atu te puke rā i Kuipeka, i te 17, he tā tika i reira, he muri hauāuru, mau tonu taua kōmurimuri i te awa o Hana Ranena, ā, te Koru (TKM 17/6/1852:2). / The ship left Quebec about the 17th with a light favourable wind from the westward, which continued with her down the St Lawrence to the Gulf.
Synonyms: tima, motu, kaipuke, pora, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere
