2. (verb) to be eager, keen, impatient.
Kua oti kē tana tueke te pōkai, e tūkari ana a koroua ki te haere (PK 2008:995). / His luggage assembled, old man is eager to be off.
Synonyms: kaikaha, kama, mōhukihuki, rikarika, kamakama, ihupuku, kōtaratara, kōkeko, hīkaka, ngākau whiwhita, takawhita, ngākaunui, matangareka, ngākau whakapuke
3. (modifier) lascivious, lustful, sensual.
He maha ngā pukapuka tūkari ka hokona ki ngā pakeke anake (Ng 1993:250). / There are many lascivious publications sold only to adults.
Synonyms: mate wahine, mate tāne
4. (noun) wooden spade.
Ka mau ia ki te tūkari, ka mea, "Whakarongo, e ngā tamariki! He tini ngā rākau e karohia ana; kotahi anō rākau e kore e taea te karo - werohia ki te whenua kotahi mano kete i te tau kotahi." (MM.TKM 3/8/1860:6). / He seized a wooden spade and said, "Listen, children! There are many weapons that may be warded off, but there is one weapon that cannot be parried - pierce the soil with it, and it produces one thousand baskets of food in one season."
