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puru

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to put in, thrust in, plug up, block, thrust in, cram in, load (a gun).

Ki te purua atu he poaka ora i tētahi pito o taua mīhini, ka puta mai he tōtiti katoa i tētahi pito (TP 10/1899:12). / If a live pig is thrust in one end of the machine, sausages all emerge at the other end.
I warea anō te tangata nei ki te puru i tana pū (TTT 1/4/1924:25). / This man was occupied loading his gun.

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Synonyms: whakapuru, kawenga, wahanga, pīkaunga, whakauru, komo, maka, kokomo


2. (noun) bung, plug, cork, filler, finger hole.

Kātahi rātou ka tahuri ki te tapatapahi i ngā kaha o ngā waka, ki te unuunu hoki i ngā puru (NM 1928:143). / Then they set about cutting the lashings of the canoes and removing the bungs.

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Synonyms: kāremu, kōremu

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