Hoka (i). 1. a. Projecting sharply upwards. Ka hoka te kapua.—He hoka te whare (The house is steep-roofed).
2. v.t. Pierce. Te kapua hokaia i runga o Raukawa (M. 60).
3. Take on the point of a stick. Ka kai te tangata tapu, he mea hoka ki te rakau tana kai; e kore e totoro tona ringa.
4. Feint in using a weapon. Ka tu ra a Hurakau, ka hoka i tana patu (M. 126).
5. n. Stake to which a decoy parrot is tied.
6. Screen made of branches stuck into the ground.
hokahoka, v.t. Stick in. He manu koa nge au e taea te rere atu, e taea te hokahoka he parirau moku (M. 62).
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Hoka (ii), v.i. 1. Soar, fly. He huia rere uru, 'a hoka ki runga ra (M. 182). Taku manu whakaruru ka hoka ki te uru (S. ii, 58).
2. Run out, be paid out, as a net from a moving canoe. Kei te hoka te kupenga a Taramai-nuku, tokorua kei te whiu. So, in passive, E hokaia ana te kupenga ara e hoea ana kia whawhe.
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Hoka (iii), n. 1. Physiculus bacchus, red cod.
2. Genypterus blacodes, the ling, a fish.
= hokarari.
hokahoka, n. A large fish.
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