ūkuikui
1. (verb) (-a) to rub, rub into.
Ka riringi iho tētahi wāhi o te hinu ki roto i te hōrū, kātahi ka ūkuikuia e ngā ringa, ka ūkui ki te tinana katoa (W 1971:466). / A portion of the oil was poured into the red ochre, then the hands were rubbed in it and wiped over the whole body.
Synonyms: miri, waku, wakuwaku, mirimiri, muku, mukumuku, muru, kōmuri, kōmeke, kōmekemeke, kōmiri, ūkui, hūkui, kāuto, aumiri, hikahika
2. (noun) rubbing in.
Tētahi mahi anō āna i ngā pō, he ūkuikui i ana ringa ki ngā māti o ērā wā, ka piri mai te hīnātore, ka pīataata katoa ana ringa - hei whakarite mō te Atua (TTR 1990:218). / One of the things he did at night was to rub his hands with the matches of those times and phosphorus would stick to them and his hands would glow - to represent God.
