hoka
1. (stative) be projecting sharply upwards, sticking up.
He nunui, he roroa te tāngata i ō rātou rā, hoka ana ngā turi ki muri i ō rātou taringa ka mate (TTT 1/5/1925:222). / People were large and tall in their day and died when their knees protruded sharply behind their ears (i.e. they died when they were very old).