2. (verb) to be hanging in shreds.
Ko ō rātou kākahu i pakaru katoa, hukahuka ana tērā; me ngā pūtu i ngā waewae, i pākarukaru rawa, riro rawa atu ētahi; ko ngā tinana i wera kino (TWMNT 30/8/1879:523). / Their clothes were all in tatters, hanging in shreds; the boots on their feet were falling to pieces while some were long gone; and their bodies were badly burnt.
3. (noun) foam, froth.
I whānau anō au i te taha o te ākau, ā, i whiua atu au e koe ki te hukahuka o te tai, ā, he mea takai ahau e koe ki roto ki tōu tikitiki (NM 1928:6). / I was indeed born beside the coast and you threw me into the foam of the sea and you wrapped me in your topknot.
4. (noun) thrum, tassel of two strands (e.g. of a korowai cloak), fringe.
Ko ngā hukahuka o ngā taha o te kākahu he pango (TWMNT 4/4/1876:84). / The tassels on the sides of the cloak were black.
5. (noun) lock of hair.
Ko te pou rāhui te tohu o te rāhui, he mea pani ki te whero. Hei ētahi wā ka whakairia he kākahu, he hukahuka, he rarauhe rānei hei tohu i te rāhui (Te Ara 2013). / A rāhui was often indicated by a post painted red. Sometimes clothing, a lock of hair, or bracken fern might be hung to signal a rāhui.
6. (noun) second palisade of a pā.
Ko te hukahuka tētahi o ngā takitaki e tū ana i waenganui i te awhikiri me te pekerangi (PK 2008:149). / The second palisade is one of the palisades standing between the inner and outer palisades.
