2. (modifier) evocative, expressive.
He tangi pūkare, ina te hoki o ngā mahara ki te hunga kua whetūrangitia (RTP 2015:81). / It's an evocative sound, inasmuch as the thoughts return to the people who have passed away.
3. (noun) evocativeness, emotion, expressiveness, poignancy.
Kātahi nā te pūkare o āna nekeneke i te papa tūwaewae (RTP 2015:81). / How evocative her movements are on the stage.
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