2. (noun) pubes (of a woman).
Synonyms: puke huruhuru
puke
1. (verb) (-a) to well up, rise (as water), swell, flood.
Ka whano ka tākiri te ata, ka puke mai tētahi ngaru nui, ka taupokina taua iwi, ngaro katoa - neke atu i te rua mano taua iwi (JPS 1901:71). / When morning had nearly dawned, a great wave rose up and completely overwhelmed that tribe, more than two thousand of them.
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
puke huruhuru
1. (noun) pubes (of a woman).
Synonyms: puke
Ngā Puke-māeroero
1. (location) Southern Alps.
Ka tohe ngā kaitango ko ō Ngā Puke-māeroero tonu kē te paenga ki te uru (TTR 1990:113). / The purchasers insisted that the western boundary was the Southern Alps themselves.
See also Tiritiri-o-te-moana, Te
2. (modifier) causing vomiting, emetic.
E whā hāora, arā i te wā i te tūnga o te rā mōiri noa ki te pae, i muri iho o te kainga o te rongoā whakaruaki, me whāngai ki ngā rongoa pōrakaraka e rua (TKM.MM 16/12/1862:6). / Four hours, from the time the sun is high above the horizon (i.e. noon), after taking the emetic, two of the pills should be given.
Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau
1. (personal name) (1837-42?-1904) Ngāti Kahungunu; progressive leader and runholder, he started the Māori language newspaper Te Puke ki Hikurangi and established Papawai (Wairarapa) as a centre for Māori unity.
Haria atu taku pōuri me taku aroha nui ki ngā whanaunga me ngā hoa, mō runga i te matenga o taku hoa aroha, o Tamahau Mahupuku (TPH 1/7/1904:6). / Please convey my sadness and great affection to the relatives and friends concerning the death of my loving friend, Tamahau Mahupuku.
