tautuku
1. (verb) to stoop, bend down, comply with.
Ka tautuku a Ranapare ina whakamāramatia atu ana ki a ia, mā te whakaae a Mahuta ki te tū ki aua tūranga e whakarere ai ia i tōna Kīngitanga (TTR 1996:88). / Ranfurly would give way once it was made clear to him that by agreeing to stand in these posts Mahuta would be abandoning his kingship.
2. (verb) to give way, yield, give in.
E piki ana rā i ngā pikitanga, ka whano ka tautuku aku turi (M 2007:232). / I am climbing up the hills, as I proceed my knees give way.
3. (noun) under-feature, low hill, mound.
Ko te wāhi i whakaritea māna e whakaeke kia riro mai, he tautuku i mua atu o te hiwi 209, i reira e noho nui ana mai te hoariri (TWK 14:19). / The place arranged for him to attack and take was an under-feature forward of Point 209, which the enemy held in considerable strength.
