1. (verb) to dance, perform - frequentative of haka.
Ka mea atu te mōkai rā, ‘He hahaka nōu, he ruhi nōu i te pūkanatanga.' (TAH 9/1963:24) / The slave said, ‘You have tired yourself doing the haka and the pūkana.'
Synonyms: whakarite, tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū, mahi, haka
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