"suck the kumara" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-suck the kumara.ogg Forms: sucks the kumara [present, singular, third-person], sucking the kumara [participle, present], sucked the kumara [participle, past], sucked the kumara [past]
Etymology: Presumably because both a buried corpse and a kumara (“sweet potato”) are found under the earth. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suck the kumara (third-person singular simple present sucks the kumara, present participle sucking the kumara, simple past and past participle sucked the kumara)
  1. (New Zealand, slang, idiomatic) To die. Tags: New-Zealand, idiomatic, slang Synonyms (to die): kick the bucket, bite the dust
    Sense id: en-suck_the_kumara-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sucks the kumara",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sucking the kumara",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sucked the kumara",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sucked the kumara",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To die."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
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        "(New Zealand, slang, idiomatic) To die."
      ],
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        {
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "kick the bucket"
        },
        {
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "bite the dust"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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{
  "etymology_text": "Presumably because both a buried corpse and a kumara (“sweet potato”) are found under the earth.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sucks the kumara",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sucking the kumara",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sucked the kumara",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sucked the kumara",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die."
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          "die"
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      ],
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        "(New Zealand, slang, idiomatic) To die."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
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  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "kick the bucket"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "bite the dust"
    }
  ],
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}

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