ngakungaku
1. (intransitive verb) to be cut to pieces, shredded, broken into pieces.
Ko ēnei kaipuke, taua rua, nā te kaha o te hau i whakapae ki uta ki runga ki ngā toka i te taha hauāuru o te ngutuawa o Pōneke, ā, ngakungaku noa ana (TWMNT 10/3/1874:67). / Both these ships were driven by the force of the wind onto the rocks on the western side of Wellington Heads and broken to pieces.
Synonyms: nguha
2. (noun) pulled meat, meat falling off the bone.
Arā ētahi tohu tao mō te 'poaka kukume', kia ngoungou te kiko, ko ngā paoka e rua he 'kukume' mai i te mīti, inā hoki te ngakungaku (HJ 2017:115). / There are some cooking instructions for 'pulled pork', when the flesh is well cooked, two forks are used to 'pull' the meat because it is falling off the bone.
