Tuki. 1. v.t. Pound, ram, beat, knock. Tukia i to uma, tukia i to poho (M. 184). Engari te ngakihi e tukia, e marere i te toka (M. 389). Tuki upokororo, drive upokoro into the net by beating the water. ‖ P. 29.
2. Butt.
3. Attack. Ki a Tangaroa, me tomo te pa; ki a Rangitu, me tuki ata (T.90). Shortland describes tuki ata as a technical term for an attack just before daybreak. ‖ Sh.T. 250.
4. Give the time to paddlers in a canoe, by song and gesture. Tukia to tatou waka.— Tena pehia; tena tukia; tena tiaia (Sh.T. 167).
5. n. Pestle, pounder, for fern root, flax, etc.
6. Song for giving time to paddlers. Called also tuki waka. ‖ Sh.T. 167.
7. Piece attached to the body of a canoe to lengthen it, the part out of the water being termed tuki maroke, and that in the water tuki moana or tuki wai. = haumi.
8. Carved wooden mouthpiece for a calabash, or for a pukaea or putara.
9. Central passage for water in an eel weir.
10. a. In the term heru tuki, ornamental comb. Hohoro, tikina taku heru tuki, kei raro i te pihanga (J. ii, 221).
tūtuki, v.i. Strike against an object, stumble. Ka tutuki noa te wae ki nga rakau (M.M. 167) = hutuki.
tutuki, v.i. 1. Reach the farthest limit, extend. Te tutuki o rongo ki runga o Rakiura (M. 335). Ka tutuki te tai, it is high water.
2. Be finished, be completed. Kia tutuki to korero.
whakatutuki. 1. v.t. Carry to completion.
2. v.i. Be near the end, be near the highest point. Ka whakatutuki te tai.
tukituki. 1. v.t. Demolish, knock to pieces. Rokohina atu nga wai whakaata o Tinirau ka tukitukia (Tr. vii, 49).
2. Batter, dash. Na te apu tai koe i tukituki ki roto o Hauraki (W.M. x, 267).
3. Destroy, kill. Tukitukia te kuri.
4. Take to pieces, take down. Me tukituki te taiepa, ka hanga ai kia pai.
5. n. Pestle, pounder. = tuki, 5.
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