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whakangāueue

1. (verb) (-tia) to shake, move.

Ko te mutunga iho ko tāna he whakamau, he kore e taea te whakangāueue i tōna tino mauāhara ki aua mahi rā (HM 1/1995:4). / In the end she digs her toes in and can not be moved from her great dislike of those activities.

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Synonyms: kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, , konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki


2. (modifier) shaking.

Ā ko ngā whakapānga katoa o te tokotoko i whakaritea, ko tā Ihowa hoki e whakapā ai ki a ia, ka meinga ki ngā timipera, ki ngā hāpa: he whawhai whakangāueue hoki tana whawhai ki a rātou (PT Ihaia 30:32). / And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

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