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whekoki

1. (verb) to be crooked, contorted, wriggling.

E whekoki ana, me he peke ngārara (G 1853:57). / Wriggling like insect legs.

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2. (noun) maggot.

I te huripokinga i te tinana, ka kitea kua muia e te whekoki (PK 2008:1168). / When the body was turned over it was seen that it was infested by maggots.

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Synonyms: kutukutu, iroiro, iro

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