pātuki
1. (verb) (-a) to strike, knock, beat, pound, assault.
Kia whakatika kau te tangata i te whare, kia tūtakina te tatau, kātahi koutou ka anga ka tū i waho, ka pātuki ki te tatau, ka mea, E te Ariki, uakina ki a mātou (PT Ruka 13:25). / When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us.
Synonyms: pākuru, pātōtō, patō, pātukituki, taitai, hūtuki, tūtuki, tarawete, tuki, kuru, kurukuru, pao, āki, kōmekemeke, pāuna, hamahama, pehu, patupatu, tātā, poutuki, whākuru
