tukituki
1. (verb) (-a) to knock over, stumble repeatedly, beat out the time, demolish, knock to pieces, take to pieces, take down, destroy, kill.
I te 28 o Maehe 1836, ka huakina, ka pāhorotia a Maketū e Ngāti Hauā me Ngāi Te Rangi. Ka tukitukia te whare me te toa o Te Tāpihana (TTR 1990:13). / Maketū was attacked and sacked by Ngāti Hauā and Ngāi Te Rangi on 28 March 1836. Tapsell's house and store were destroyed.
Synonyms: whakahinga, whakamate, patu, tinei, tope
2. (verb) (-a) to batter, dash, ram, strike against, bump.
Ka tukituki ngā papaneke, i ētahi wā ka āia te papaneke moana ki raro tonu i te papaneke paparahi, ā, he nui ngā rū whenua me ngā hūnga puia ka hua ake (RP 2009:305). / When the tectonic plates ram against each other other, sometimes the oceanic plate is forced under the continental plate and many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions result.
3. (verb) (-a) to beat, beat out the time.
Tukituki ana te tā o tana manawa (MM.TKM 1/5/1855:7). / His breathing was very hard.
4. (noun) onslaught, attack, offensive.
He toa nui atu ia i ngā toa o Rotorua puta noa; i ngaro i a ia ngā hapū o Rotorua te tukituki, o Taupō hoki, me te Whakatōhea, me Ngāi Tai, me Te Whānau-a-Apanui, me Ngāti Awa; i hinga katoa i a ia te tukituki, parekuratia iho e rātou ko ana rangatira whawhai (M 2006:360). / He was a greater warrior than any other throughout Rotorua; and he decimated the sub-tribes of Rotorua in the onslaughts, also those of Taupō, Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai, Te Whānau-a-Apanui and Ngāti Awa; he overcame them all in his onslaughts, he and his fighting chiefs defeating them in battle.
Synonyms: ngaunga, kino, maninohea, whakaparahako, mataharehare, kerakera, anuanu, mōrihariha, piro, harehare, hākiki, kōkiri, whakaweriweri, weriweri
