tuone
1. (verb) to gesticulate - while making a speech, in defiance on the battle field, etc.
Nā i a ia e tuone ana ka pā mai te mate ki a ia, ka hinga, mate tonu atu (W 1971:455). / While he was gesticulating during his speech he became ill, fell down and died.
Ka mea a Manu-korihi me tū ngā matua e rua o roto o te waha o te pakanga ki te tuone (JPS 1022:19). / Manu-korihi proposed that two divisions should take up a position in the front of the battle and there gesticulate in defiance.
2. (noun) gesture, paralanguage, gesticulation.
Ko te tuone ngā nekeneke a te ringa, a te māhunga, a te tinana hei tohu, hei whakakaha i te tikanga o te kōrero a te kaikōrero, hei whakaatu rānei i tētahi kare ā-roto (RMR 2017). / Gesticulation is the movement of arms, head and body to convey and emphasise the meaning of the speaker's utterance, or to convey an emotion (RMR 2017).
