tuaki

disembowel | dissect | felling (of a tree)

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He Tautuhinga | Definitions

  • Ko te mahi kia tangohia atu ngā whēkau, kia tuatua rānei i tētahi rākau ā hinga noa.
  • To remove the internal organs of a creature or to cut a tree down.

He Tauira | Example

I tuakina te poaka e te pūtia.
The pig was disembowelled by the butcher.

He Kupu Reo Pākehā anō | English Alternatives

  • disembowel
  • dissect
  • felling (of a tree)