pokepoke
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to mix up with water, etc., knead, mold, shape, form.
E kī ana ā tātau nei kōrero, ko Tiki te tangata tuatahi, ko Hine-ahu-one te wahine tuatahi i pokepoketia ki te one i Kurawaka (TTT 1/8/1925:275). / Our narratives say that Tiki was the first man and that Hine-ahu-one, the first woman, was shaped with earth at Kurawaka.
Synonyms: poi, pōpō, poke, kāuto, āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, auaha, ata, tārai, tārei, hanga, āhua
2. (noun) mixture.
Mō te pokepoke tuatahi, me tango kia 10 pauna taimaha o te rongoā, kia 10 karani wai mātao, ā ka oti te korikori, kātahi ka whakaranua ki te nuinga o te wai, arā kia 140 karani (TWMA 2/5/1884:5). / For the first mixture take 10 pounds of medicine, 10 gallons of cold water and when its stirred then mix it with the rest of the water so that there is 140 gallons.
Synonyms: miki, whakawhēranu, ranu, ranunga, whakaranu
