koko
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to scoop up, shovel.
Ka koko parengo ia ki roto i tōna waha, me te kōtamutamu anō o ōna ngutu. "Hmm...āhua totetote tēnei kai." (TWK 36:4). / He scooped parengo seaweed into his mouth and smacked his lips. "Hmm...This food is quite salty."
Synonyms: kārehu, hakohako, hāwara, hako, hāpara, kāheru, kōutuutu, tīkoko, kaku, kapu, awhe
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to pull up.
Ka tahuri rātau ki te koko rimu hei takotoranga mō ngā pāua me ngā ika maroke kia mākūkū ai, koi kino i te rehu waitai (JPS 1913:111). / They proceeded to pull up seaweed as receptacles for the pāua and the dried fish so that they would be moist, and so that they should not be spoiled by the sea spray.
