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puka

1. (loan) (noun) form (e.g. application form).

Ka whakakīia te puka hei tango moni i tana pūtea, ka hainatia, kātahi ka hoatu ki te kaimahi o te pēke (PK 2008:699). / The form to withdraw money from her account was filled out, signed and then given to the bank teller.

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2. (loan) (noun) book, booklet.

I te tau 2001, ka puta te puka a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me tā rātou tono kia tukua he manu aute kia rere i te rā tahi o te tau hou (Te Ara 2012). / In 2001 the Māori Language Commission's booklet appeared with their request that kites could be flown on the first day of the new year.

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