pūkaha
1. (noun) engineering.
Nō te takiwā o 1910, i haere ai a Harry Dansey ki Peretānia ki te whakawhānui atu i ana mahi kura mō te pūkaha, ki te mahi hoki i runga i ngā rerewē haere mā raro i te whenua, tae atu ki te Rerewē Rarowhenua o Rānana (TTR 1996:25). / Around 1910 Harry Dansey went to Britain to continue his engineering studies and to work on underground railway projects, including the London Underground.
3. (noun) engine, motor.
Ka tata ki uta, ka hikina te pūkaha, ka tītokohia te waka ki te hoe, ā ū rawa ki uta (PK 2008:945). / As they approached the shore, the engine was stopped and the vessel was propelled with the paddle until it reached the shore.
