2. (loan) (personal noun) Captain (title) - with this usage the title is capitalised.
I pau i a Kāpene Kuki ēnei motu katoa te taiāwhio, ā, nāna te nuinga o ngā ingoa Pākehā o Nui Tīreni i tapa (TP 11/1906:6). / Captain Cook circumnavigated all these islands and he named the majority of the English place names of New Zealand.
Kāpene Kuki
1. (loan) (personal name) Captain James Cook (1728-1779) English explorer who explored the Pacific and made three visits to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 134-139;)
E tamariki ana anō a Patuone, ka tae mai a Kāpene Kuki i te takiwā ki Rākaumangamanga (TTR 1990:107). / Patuone was a child when Captain Cook arrived in the Cape Brett area.
See also Pene Kuki
2. (loan) (noun) Captain Cooker, razor-backed pig - a wild pig descended from domestic pigs released by James Cook.
Kāpene Kuku
1. (loan) (personal name) Captain Cook.
Kāhore he tangata i tae mai ki ēnei motu i muri i a ia; ā, tae noa mai ki a Kāpene Kuku; nō te tahi tekau mā rima o ngā rā o Ākuhata 1769 i rere mai ia i Tahiti... (TKM 4/1/1849:3). / No person came to these islands after him, until the arrival of Captain Cook. On the 15th day of August, 1769, he sailed from Tahiti...
