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pouraka

1. (verb) (-tia) to catch crayfish.

Māwharu: Pourakatia te kōura i tēnei pō (TTT 1/6/1923:12). / Māwharu: Catch crayfish on this night.

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2. (noun) crayfishing.

Māwharu: He rā ngāwari tēnei mō te pouraka kōura (TTT 1/1/1923:10). / Māwharu (twelfth night of the lunar month): This is a suitable day for crayfishing.

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3. (noun) crayfish net.

Ka hoki a Te Atinuku ki a Māhu, i te kāinga e whatu ana i tōna pouraka, arā taruke kōura (JPS 1926:96). / Te Atinuku returned to Māhu, who was at home making a crayfish net, that is a crayfish trap.

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4. (noun) receptacle for the dead, coffin.

Ka hoatu te tūpāpaku ki roto i te pouraka, kātahi ka haria ki te tanu (PK 2008:682). / The corpse was placed in the coffin and then was taken to the burial.

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