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pukukai

1. (verb) to be greedy, gluttonous.

Kaua e kino te kai, e kaihoro, e pukukai rānei—, ka mākona anō kāti (TP 9/1908:1). / Don't eat impolitely, bolt your food or eat greedily and when you're satisfied stop.

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2. (modifier) gluttonous, greedy.

Kāore anō ētahi kia kai, kei runga anō te tangata pukukai ki te tiki hāngī māna (PK 2008:706). / Some haven't yet eaten and the greedy man is up again to go and get some more hāngī food for himself.

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3. (noun) glutton, gluttony.

Ko te haurangi he ngahau nā te kikokiko, pērā anō me te māngere me te momoe me te pukukai (TTT 1/2/1926:356). / Drunkenness is a pleasure of the flesh, just as is idleness, sleeping too much and gluttony.

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