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whakapuku

1. (verb) to swell up.

Kātahi ka whakapuku mai tētahi ngaru nui i waho, te tatanga mai ki uta kātahi ka pakaru taua ngaru, ka ngaro i konei ngā moutere (TPH 11/9/1906:6). / Then a large wave swelled up out to sea and on nearing the land that wave broke and the islands were devastated.

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2. (noun) bob for catching conger eels.

Mahia mai ai te whakapuku i te whītau ka whīwhiwhia ki te mōunu (Te Ara 2011). / The conger eel bob was made of dressed flax tangled round the bait.

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