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puruma broom (n)
E kitea ana etahi o nga rangatira e maumau kanuka ana hei puruma. (KNT 1:7 1842,p.30)
puruma to sweep (vt)
Ka kite ia kua oti te puruma te wakapaipai. (Pai.2 1835,p.33)
Ko tehea wahine ranei, kotahi nei tekau ona hiriwa, a ki te mea ka mahue i a ia tetahi hiriwa, ekore ianei ia e tahu i te rama, ka puruma ai i te ware, ka rapu marie ai, kia kitea ra ano?. (Pai.3 1837,p.103)
