Ko te kiri pukupuku me te rere o te hūpē ngā hoa haere o te takurua (PK 2008:707). / Goose-pimples and the flowing of nose mucus are the companions of winter.

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Koia nei ngā tohu o te kohi i mua atu o te wā e kitea ai e te katoa. He pukupuku ētahi kei runga ake o te ā o te kakī (TTT 1/8/1929:1053). / These are the symptoms of tuberculosis before the time that it is fully evident. Some have lumps above the collar-bone.

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Ko te tangata e pāngia ana e te pukupuku, kauaka e puta ki te wāhi mātao (KO 14/9/1882:10). / The person afflicted with cancer should not go to cold places.

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Kāhore he riri, he rongo rānei o te riri, huri noa te ao katoa. Kua tārewa noa te tao me te pukupuku (TTT 1/12/1930:2198). / No war nor sound of battle was heard, right around the world. The spear and shield were hung up.

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Ko ngā kākahu ēnei o roto o te puku—: he kaitaka, he pukupuku pātea, he pukupuku, he kahu-waero, he kahu-toroa, he pūahi, he kākahu-kura, he kahu-kiwi, he kahu-kekeno, he maiaorere, he kahakaha, he korirangi, he tātata, he mangaeka tātara, he pūreke, me ērā atu (NM 1928:129). / These were the garments that were in the stomach: a flax fibre cloak with tāniko border, a cloak with an ornamental border, a flax cloak, a cape of dog tail skins, a cape covered with albatross down, a cloak of strips of dogskin, a cape of red feathers, a kiwi feather cloak, a sealskin cape, a maiaorere fine cloak, an undergarment, a cloak ornamented with black and white thrums of unscraped flax, a flax garment worn from the waist, a cape of undressed and undyed flax, a garment of undressed flax leaves, and other garments.

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