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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.

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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.

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Synonyms: tātā, koheri, hipi toa, tāriana


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.

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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.

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Synonyms: ngaunga, kino, maninohea, whakaparahako, mataharehare, kerakera, anuanu, mōrihariha, piro, harehare, hākiki, kōkiri, whakaweriweri, weriweri


5. (noun) pestle, pounder.

Synonyms: pōtuki, poutuki, patupatu, tuki, kuru

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