ruku
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to dive, diving, dive for.
Ka tata mai te ngaru, ka ruku ia, ka pupuri ki te rimu ki te toka. Ka taha te ngaru, ka puea anō; i penei ia a tae noa ki te kaipuke (TP 1/12/1901:5). / When the wave approached she dived and held onto the seaweed and the rock. When the wave passed she rose to the surface again and she proceeded this way until she reached the ship.
2. (noun) diving.
Ki te hunga mōhio ki ngā tikanga, ka puta ana te kaitiaki, arā, te whai, ka āta āia atu mā te kete, ka wātea noa te toka mō te ruku (TWK 48:15). / To the people who know the practices, when the guardian appears, that is the stingray, it is gently driven away with the basket and then the rock is free for diving.
ruku popoi
1. (stative) to be sad, melancholy, despondent.
Kua waiho mai e koe ō takahanga me āu mahi hei ramaroa mā te iwi, ahakoa kei te noho upoko kore i tēnei wā, hei ramaroa mā te iwi kia kore ai rātau e kotiti, ka mutu, hei whakahau i a rātau i roto i ngā wā e kore ana he ngoi, i ngā wā e mate ana te hau, i ngā wā e pōuri ana te ngākau e ruku popoi ana (Wh4 2004:88). / Although we remain leaderless at this time, you are a beacon for the tribe so that they don't go astray and also as an encouragement for them in the times that they have no energy, are exhausted and when they are sad and despondent.
Synonyms: kaimōhū, whakaingoingo, matapōuri, āroharoha, rāwakiwaki, whakapōuri, pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakahiatangi
