tukutuku, v.t. 1. Let go.
2. Apply a person's name to an article of common use by way of insult. Kua tukutukuria mai te here i whati ra e te tangata ra, “Waiho te here na ko nga iwi o o korua tungane, o Ngatoro, o Tama” (Pi. 174, 4).
3. Insult a person by making such use of a name. Ka mea atu nga wahine ra ki ta raua tane, “Kanga mai ki a maua, tukutukuria mai ki a maua” (Pi. 175, 5). (Alluding to the incident mentioned in the previous example, in which the names of their brothers were used.)
3. Apply a personal name, not necessarily one's own, to an article in order to make it tapu and secure it for oneself.
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tukutuku. 1. n. A wicker pot for catching crayfish.
2. Web of a spider.
3. Ornamental lattice-work between the upright slabs of the walls in a native house.
4. A running noose for catching weka, etc.
5. a. Fashioned like lattice-work. Manu tukutuku or manu whakatukutuku, a kite of a particular make. Me he manu tukutuku te rere mai a te ao na runga i nga hiwi (M. 252).
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