hūnuku
1. (verb) (-hia) to move, shift.
E hūnuku ana te kirimate, i tētahi rangi mai ko te weranga (HP 1991:8). / The mourning relatives were moving and the next day the fire occurred.
Synonyms: mahinga, nukunuku, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kaneke, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kareu, ngatete
2. (noun) family dependants.
I te pō, ka tū a Kihi rātau ko tōna whānau ki te poroporoaki ki a mātau, ki ngā mea e hoki ana ki te tiki mai i ā rātau wāhine, me ō rātou hūnuku katoa (TTT 1/3/1930:2003). / That night Kihi and his family stood to farewell us, the ones returning to fetch their wives and all their family dependants.
