harakuku
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to scrape, scratch, lacerate.
I te Pakanga hoki ia i Kirihi, i Kiriti, ka harakukutia a runga o tōna māhunga e te mōtā (HP 1991:8). / And he was in Greece and Crete where the top of his head had been lacerated by mortar fire.
Synonyms: rarapi, haehae, whakangaeke, hōripiripi, whakahaehae, hahae, hae, hōripi, rapirapi, tiwha, riwha, nanatu, rapi, hārau, honihoni, kauhoro, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, okoi, rakuraku, weku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru, pākēkē, wakuwaku, waku, kaku, kowani, waru, wani, hāro, rakaraka, raraku, tīwani
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to scratch (with the finger-nail) - an amorous gesture.
Ka harakuku i te kapu o te ringa o te wahine rā, kātahi tērā ka huri ka pākia atu te kanohi (PK 2008:80). / He scratched the palm of that woman's hand, then she turned round and slapped his face.
3. (modifier) scratching, scrapping, destroying.
Mō te toa taua, ka whakaritea ki te matā harakuku i te kutu (M 2006:124). / For a warrior, who is likened to one intent on destroying vermin.
Synonyms: rapirapitanga, rapirapi, rapi, raraku, haehae
