2. (verb) to be unfinished, incomplete.
I whakarērea e ia tāna mahi, he mea waiho kia hukihuki noa (RTA 2014:92). / He abandoned his task, leaving it unfinished.
3. (modifier) unfinished, incomplete, partial.
Nō tana oranga mai, ka mahi a Pēneti ki raro i a Meiha Tianara Howard Kippenberger i te Puna Kōrero Tuku Iho mō te Pakanga o te Tari Taiwhenua, e tuhi ana i tētehi tuhinga hukihuki mō te hītori o te hokowhitu Māori (TTR 2000). / After his recovery Bennett worked under Major General Howard Kippenberger with the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs writing the draft of the Māori Battalion’s history.
4. (noun) spit for roasting food.
Me tunu tā tātou manu ki te hukihuki (PK 2008:151). / Our bird should be cooked on a spit.
5. (noun) draft, unfinished document, unfinished sample.
Ko te korowai i tukuna e koe, haere hukahuka ana (W 1971:68). / The korowai cloak that you sent came as a sample.
6. (noun) convulsion, spasm, twitch, seizure.
I a ia i te tangihanga mō te pouaru a Hopere, ka pāngia a ia e te hukihuki ohorere (TTR 1996:268). / While attending the funeral of Hopere's widow, he suffered a seizure.
7. (noun) swamp coprosma, Coprosma tenuicaulis - shrub up to 3 m tall with slender spreading branches often interlaced giving a twiggy appearance. Small leaves with a network of veins evident on both sides. Small round drupes are black.
