2. (verb) (-a) to avenge, take revenge - also as huki toto.
Ka haere te taua huki toto i konei, tae rawa atu ki te wāhi i mate ai ngā hoa o Pokuru ko ngā upoko ko ngā piro anake te tāwheta ana i te tapātai o te awa (JPS 1928:183). / The avenging war party now started, and when they finally reached the place where the companions of Pokuru had died they found only the heads and intestines piled up on the shore of the river.
3. (adjective) be extra high (of the tide), spring (tide), king (tide).
He huki nō te tai, ka tīmata te nui haere, te nui ake o ngā tai (W 1971:68). / It's spring tides when the tides begin to become bigger.
4. (noun) spit for roasting food.
5. (noun) round house with a conical roof.
