meke
1. (verb) (-a) to strike with the fist, punch.
Ka makaia a Heremaia ki waho, ka puta atu hoki ia i muri, kātahi ka mekea a Heremaia, ka mutu ka hoki anō ia ki roto i te whare (TPH 31/10/1902:5). / Heremaia was thrown out, and he followed after him, then he punched Heremaia and then he went back into the house.
Synonyms: mekemeke
2. (noun) blow of the fist, punch.
Nō te whiunga atu i te meke, kīhai i pā ki te ihu, ka tika tonu te ringa ki te waha, ka riro te tangata nei ki roto ki te puku o te ngārara rā (JPS 1894:17). / Instead of striking the nose his hand went straight at its mouth and he was taken into the stomach of that monster.
