2. (adjective) be hot, burning fiercely, eager, hot tempered, hot-headed, fiery, volatile.
He pūkākā rawa te rā ki taua wāhi rā, he whenua whakatupu mate ki te tangata (MM.TKM 15/10/1858:7). / The sun burns fiercely at that place, it's an unhealthy locality.
3. (modifier) hot tempered, hot-headed, fiery, volatile.
2. (modifier) direct, straight.
3. (noun) femur, thigh bone, humerus, upper arm bone - long bones of the arm or leg.
Ko te pūkaka ngā kōiwi roroa o te kikopuku me te kūhā. / The femur/humerus are the long bones of the upper arm and thigh.
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1. (modifier) male line of descent, agnatic descent.
Ko tōna arikitanga i takea mai i tōna pāpā me tōna whaea ngātahi. Ko ia te mātāmua o ngā tamariki a Hihipa-ki-te-rangi, i heke ure pūkaka mai rā i ngā tama mātāmua (TTR 1990:11). / Her high rank derived from both her father and her mother. She was the eldest of the children of Hihipa-ki-te-rangi, descending in a direct line through the eldest sons.
