tanuku
1. (verb) (-tia) to crumble down, collapse, be strained (e.g. the back).
I te atatū tonu o te 7 o Mei 1846, ka pā te tūpuhi, ka tanuku a Maunga Kākaramea, ka taupokina te pā i Te Rapa (TTR 1990:186). / Just before sunrise on 7 May 1846 a storm struck and Kakaramea mountain collapsed, overwhelming the pā at Te Rapa.
2. (noun) collapse.
Kore ana e paneke te kaipuke, me nga tikanga hokohoko ka whakahēngia; tētahi he whakapāpaku i ngā awa ki te onepū, he tanuku nō ngā tahataha, he whakangaro i ngā whenua whakatupu kai e takoto haere ana kei ngā tahataha (TWMNT 28/7/1874:184). / The ships aren't able to move and there is a detrimental affect on trade. The rivers have been made shallow with sand, because of the collapse of the river banks and the agricultural land has been inundated along the river banks.
3. (noun) strain, tension, stress (physical).
Ka hua ake te pīereere i te tanuku i waenga i te kirimōhinu me te uku ki raro iho (RTA 2014:136). / The crazing is caused by the tension between the glaze and the clay underneath.
