hākuku

Maori

Etymology

hā +‎ kuku (“to scrape”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hākuku

1. to scrape (especially of Phormium leaves like harakeke prior to weaving)

   Synonyms: kuku, waru

Noun

hākuku

1. radula, tongue of bivalves used to scrape rocks

Related terms

• kuku
• kukū
• tuakuku

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “hākuku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 39
• “hākuku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.