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pūkauae

1. (noun) chin, jaw.

Synonyms: kauae, kauwae


2. (noun) moko on the chin.

I tangohia te whakaahua o Papahurihia i tōna tangihanga, he tangata ātaahua, he korowaha, he pūkauae tana moko (TTR 1990:101). / The photograph of Papahurihia taken at his tangi shows him as a handsome man with a moko on his cheeks and chin.

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