tickle - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

whakakoekoe

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to cause to scream (e.g. by tickling), tickle.

Ka whakakoekoengia e te tungāne kia ngawī rawa te waha (PK 2008:1094). / Their brother tickled them until they squeeled.

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whākoekoe

1. (verb) (-a) to cause to scream (e.g. by tickling), tickle.

ngaoko

1. (verb) to feel a tickling sensation, itch.

Ka rongo i tētahi mea e ngaoko ana i tana tou. / He felt something itching his bum.

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2. (verb) to move slightly, stir, budge.

I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.

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3. (noun) itch, tickle, itchiness.

Taukahore te ngaoko o te tuiau! (W 1971:229). / Ouch, a flea bite!

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whakangaoko

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to tickle, amuse.

Awhi ana au ko Te Hahae, kia homai he korirangi hei whakangaoko noa i tōku kiri (M 2007:314). / I embrace Te Hahae who gives me a cloak with black and white thrums of unscraped flax to tickle my skin.

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2. (noun) tickling, itch, amusement.

Ko tā ētahi kē atu he whakangahau, he whakangāoko noa iho (HM 1/1993). / Others are for entertainment or just for amusement.

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whakakuikui

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to cause to scream, tickle.

whakangeongeo

1. (verb) (-tia) to tickle.

Ka whakangeongeotia e ia ngā waewae o tana mokopuna hei whakakata i a ia. / He tickled his grandchild's feet to make her laugh.

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tōkenekene

1. (verb) (-tia) to tickle.

Ka tōkenekene te koroua i te kekē o tana mokopuna kia katakata mai ia. / The elderly man tickled his grandchild's armpit so that he giggled.

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ngāokooko

1. (verb) to itch, tickle.

Ko te āhua o taua mate i te pānga mai ki te tinana, he whakangoikore, he whakataimaha i te tinana, he mare, he whango nō te reo, he hē nō te manawa, he matihe, he ngāokooko, he pupuhi, he heke nō te wai i ngā kanohi me te ihu, me te waha, he ruaki hoki (TWMNT 9/2/1875:35). / The symptoms of that illness when it afflicts the body are lassitude, heaviness, coughing, hoarseness, difficulty of breathing, sneezing, itching, swelling and secretion of fluid from of the eyes, nose and mouth, and vomiting.

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