Hauora

kukuti ~kūtia ~nga

contract, contraction (of a muscle)

tūingoa, tūmahi poro, tūmahi whiti

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Ko te kukume o tētahi uaua nā runga i te tuku karere io a te roro. Mā te kukuti uaua e neke ai ngā wāhanga o te tinana. 

The pull of a muscle in response to a nerve impulse sent by the brain. The contraction of muscles enables movement in the various parts of the body.

Tauira KŌrero

He aunoa te kukuti o ētahi uaua, pērā i te manawa, he autaki te kukuti o ētahi.

He aha te wāhi ki te kukuti uaua i roto i te pūnaha nakunaku kai?

Ka mahi takirua te uarua me te uatoru ki te whakaneke i te kikowhiti - ka kukuti ana tētahi, ka hangoro ko tērā atu.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Mā te kukuti o ngā uaua kei te paetara o te pūkai e nuku ai te kai i roto. Ko te kotēpana hei ingoa  mō tēnei momo kukuti. He pērā anō te nuku o te kai i roto i te kōpiro:



whakaahua arinui 

Tauira KŌrero

He aunoa te kukuti o ētahi uaua, pērā i te manawa, he autaki te kukuti o ētahi.

He aha te wāhi ki te kukuti uaua i roto i te pūnaha nakunaku kai?

Ka mahi takirua te uarua me te uatoru ki te whakaneke i te kikowhiti - ka kukuti ana tētahi, ka hangoro ko tērā atu.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga