hākuku

== Māori == === Etymology === Possibly from hā (“to breathe”) +‎ kuku (“to grate, to scrape”). === Verb === hākuku to scrape (especially of Phormium leaves like harakeke prior to weaving) Synonyms: kuku, waru === Noun === hākuku radula (tongue of mollusks used to scrape rocks) === Related terms === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hākuku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 39 John C. Moorfield (2011), “hākuku”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN