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uka

1. (loan) (noun) euchre - a card game for two to four players.

Ko tā rātou purei tuatahi he uka (TP 5/1908:8). / Their first game was euchre.

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uka

1. (verb) to be fixed, firm.

E uka ana a raro o te pou i te one (W 1971:466). / The bottom of the post is fixed into the ground.

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uka

1. (noun) coin.

Ka kotahi hāora tāua i konei, nō reira me hoatu he uka ki te ine tūnga waka (PK 2008:1030). / We will be here for one hour, so we should put some coins in the the parking meter.

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kupu ingoa uka

1. (noun) concrete noun.

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