rakaraka
1. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to harrow, rake, scratch, scrape.
I mahi tētahi tangata i tana māra, i parautia e ia, i rakarakatia (TP 2/1909:4). / A man worked his garden, which he ploughed and harrowed.
Synonyms: purau, rakuraku, rapirapi, haehae, tiwha, riwha, nanatu, hae, rapi, rarapi, hārau, raraku, tīwani, honihoni, kauhoro, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, okoi, weku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru, kowani, kaku, waku, wakuwaku, pākēkē, waru, wani, harakuku, hāro
2. (noun) harrow, rake.
Kaua e waiho roa te whenua, me takataka tonu te rakaraka i runga hei whakangāwari, hei patu i ngā taru (TTT 1/10/1922:5). / Don't leave the land too long, the harrow must be made ready to soften it and to kill the weeds.
