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pū ngutu pārera

1. (noun) musket.

I whānau i te tau 1835 i te rohe o Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki i a Ngāti Koura e torotoro ana i ō rātau whanaunga o reira, ā, ki te hoko pū ngutu pārera (TTR 1994:113). / He was born in 1835 in the Ngāti Maru territory in Hauraki during a visit by Ngāti Koura to see relatives there and to purchase muskets.

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Synonyms: ngutu pārera, purukumu, pū okaoka, , pū hoata

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