ngaeke
1. (verb) to creak, shake, tear, rip.
Ngaeke ana te whenua i te wā e ngeri ana a Waikato (NIT 1995:357). / The ground shook as Waikato performed the ngeri.
Synonyms: kōreparepa, tārua ā-matihiko, kauere, tīhaehae, tīhae, ngatari, rū, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiriwiri, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, ore, māueue, māwewe, kereū, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, oreore, whakangāueue, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngāoraora, ngatē, whakangāteriteri, ngaue, oraora, pīoraora, whakaruerue, tīoi
2. (verb) to make a cracking sound.
Ngaeke ana ngā rārā maroke i te takahanga a te waewae (HJ 2012:287). / The twigs made a cracking sound from the treading of the feet.
