kukuti
1. (verb) (kūtia) to draw together, contract, pinch, nip, restrict, constrict, squeeze.
Kei te mōhiotia te roanga atu o tēnā kōrero, i mea ai a Māui ki te tomo i te puapua o Hine-nui-te-pō; ka kata a Tīwaiwaka, ka kūtia a Māui, mate tonu atu (M 2006:206). / The continuation of that story is well known whereby Māui tries to enter the vulva of Hine-nui-te-pō; Fantail laughs and Māui is squeezed until he is quite dead.
Synonyms: taipuru, nati, whakatina, hamaruru, taukini, whakakikini, nonoti, noti, kati, nanapi, kuku, honi, hohoni, pakini, kikini, kini, kinikini, timotimo, timo, kakati, kuti
2. (noun) contracting, contraction.
Mā te kukuti o ngā uaua o te paetara o te kōpiro e nuku ai te kai i roto. Ko te kotēpana hei ingoa mō tēnei momo kukutinga (RP 2009:273). / By the contraction of the muscles of the intestine wall food moves inside it. Peristalsis is the name for this type of contraction.
