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1 tukutuku
to fish while swimming, holding a basket-shaped net (see tuku). -
2 hura
to fish with a small funnel-shaped net tied to the end of a pole. This fishing is done from the shore; fishing with the same net, but swimming, is called tukutuku.to be active, to get moving when working: ka hura, ka aga! come on, get moving! to work!tagata gutu hura, a flatterer, a flirt, a funny person, a witty person. -
3 tuku
to leave something lying spread on the ground; to spread, unfurl, unroll something on the ground; tukuga, mat spread on the ground; tukuga tagata, mat on which have been put pieces of cooked human flesh.tuku kupega, a fishing technique: two men drag along the top of a fishing net doubled up, spread out on the bottom of a small cove, trapping the fish into the net; tukutuku, to fish while swimming, holding a basket-shaped net.tuku huri, to sit with one's buttocks resting on one's heels, soles flat on the ground (also: tuku-turi). Figuratively: ka tuku! pay attention! (literally: sit still!).tuku rîu, to sit in the posture typical of choir singers in rîu festivals or singing festivals in general, which was sitting on one's heels.
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