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Kuki

1. (loan) (personal name) Cook.

I whainatia te rangatira o te Kāpene Kuki Hōtēra i Tanītini e toru pāuna £3 me ngā utu mō te kōti, mō tāna hokonga waipiro i te Rātapu (TJ 1/3/1898:2). / The manager of the Captain Cook Hotel in Dunedin was fined three pounds plus court costs for selling liquor on a Sunday.

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kuki

1. (loan) (noun) cook, chef.

Kia toru ngā wāhine, hei kuki, hei piriho (TW 26/10/1878:540). / Three women are needed as cooks and fleece-pickers.

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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.

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2. (loan) (noun) Captain Cooker, razor-backed pig - a wild pig descended from domestic pigs released by James Cook.

Kuki Airani

1. (loan) (location) Cook Islands - a group of fifteen islands in the SW Pacific.

Kuki Airini

1. (loan) (noun) Cook Islands.

I whai wāhi atu ngā rōpū nei ki ngā whakataetae o te wā, me te huri haere i te motu, tae noa atu ana ki Hāmoa me ngā Kuki Airini (TTR 2000:11). / This group participated in competitions of the time, toured the country, travelling as far as Samoa and the Cook Islands.

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Pene Kuki

1. (loan) (personal name) Captain Cook.

Anō ka nui ngā tau o taua iwi e noho ana i taua whenua, ka ū tētahi pora, arā, kaipuke ki taua whenua, ko Mariao, ko Pene Kuki, ko te tini noa atu i ū ki reira (TW 2/10/1875:11/259). / Those people lived on that land for many years when a vessel, that is, a sailing ship arrived there, Captain Cook, Marion [de Fresne], a great many arrived there.

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kāpene-kuki

1. (loan) (noun) Captain Cooker - type of wild pig of the lean, blue-grey, razor-backed variety descended from domestic pigs reputedly released by Captain James Cook.

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