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tuketuke - elbow

tuketuke. 1. v.t. Elbow, nudge, so incite. Katahi ano a Manaia ka tuketuke atu i tana tamaiti kia rere ki te whiu i te mataika (T. 119).

2. n. Funny bone; the part of the elbow over which the ulnar nerve passes. Ka tengatenga taku tuketuke.

3. A measure of length = tuke, 4.

Williams Dictionary

I tuketuke haere atu ia i waenganui i ngā kaumātua e rua.
He elbowed his way between the two elders.

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