hākoke
1. (verb) to wander, roam.
I te kaha mīharo ōna ki te tāone nui, ka hākoke haere noa me te tirotiro i ngā whare teitei (PK 2008:68). / Because of how amazed she was with the city, she just wandered around looking at the tall buildings.
Synonyms: tahawhenua, maewa, kaea, kaipaoe, kōkewa, āmio, hāereere, ātiutiu, amio, kaewa, kāewaewa, atiti, ngau, whēkoi, kaipāwe
2. (modifier) vagrant, homeless, itinerant.
Hei tā tōna whānau, kua tangata hākoke kē a Huiatahi, kua kore kē he moni (TTR 1998:7). / According to his family, Huiatahi had become an itinerant, no longer having any money.
3. (noun) vagrant, tramp, wanderer, drifter, itinerant.
He hākoke e maewa noa ana i te whenua (Ng 1993:518). / A vagrant just wandering through the country.
