nukunuku
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to move frequently, shift, move to one side, move about.
Ka wehe atu a Kerei i tana tūranga i Niu Tīreni nei ki Āwherika, i te tau 1853, ka mahue iho a Te Rangikāheke i Ākarana. Ahu atu ki te tekau ngā tau i nukunuku haere ai ia (TTR 1990:278). / When Grey left his position in New Zealand to go to Africa in 1853, Te Rangikāheke was left in Auckland. For nearly ten years he moved frequently from one address to another.
Synonyms: whakatakataka, whēkoi, nuku, tahawhenua, nekeneke, taka, mahinga, neke, hūnuku, neneke
2. (noun) movement, migration.
Nō ngā tau whakamutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1940 i tīmata te nukunuku mai o te maha o te rangatahi Māori ki Te Awakairangi, kimi mahi ai (TTR 2000:165). / In the late 1940s many young Māori began to move into the Hutt Valley to seek employment.
Synonyms: heke, hekenga, heketanga, whakahekenga, nekehanga, whakatakataka, whakaoreore, hikohiko, kori, whakanekeneke, korikori
