Homegrown · te reo from home

Nuke

to move (neke + nuku)

A Ngāpuhi word you won't find in the dictionary, made from two words you already know.

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Step 1 · To move

Neke and nuku

A hybrid Quinton has never heard used by any other tribe.

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Step 2 · The hybrid

Being the clever people we are…

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Step 3 · In a sentence

After 20 years in Auckland.

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Step 4 · Build it

Now use the hybrid word yourself.

Step 5 · Your mission

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