rakuraku
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to scratch, scrape, rake, harrow.
Ka rakurakuhia, ka puta te tarawai, ka toto, ka pirau (TTT 1/8/1927:641). / When they're scratched the pus appears and they bleed and become infected.
Synonyms: rakaraka, purau, rapirapi, haehae, tiwha, riwha, nanatu, hae, rapi, rarapi, hārau, honihoni, kauhoro, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, okoi, weku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru, waku, kaku, kowani, wakuwaku, pākēkē, waru, wani, harakuku, hāro, raraku, tīwani
2. (noun) scraper.
I a ia e keri ana ka pā tana rakuraku ki tētahi mea mārō i te one (TWMNT 9/2/1875:36). / While he was digging his scraper struck something hard in the sand.
3. (noun) guitar.
