hura
1. (verb) to lift the arm suddenly with the arm bent.
Kātahi ka hura ngā peke o te tangata nei, mura tonu ngā tara o te whare. Kātahi ka hura ki ngā pito o te whare, ā, ka mura tonu ngā pito (W 1971:71). / Then this man suddenly lifted his bent arms and the side walls of the house were immediately in flames. Then he did the same with the ends of the house and they were immediately ablaze.
2. (noun) nervous twitching of the shoulder.