To hit, slap, crush s.t. (not very hard with hand or some instrument), to tap s.t. (as with fingers on the edge of a table to entertain a child).
Don’t join in washing the clothes so that I won’t slap your hand.
When you play the percussion beams don’t hit them just any old way.
She is hitting (killing) snails in her garden.
Magpepek-pekek kew duk ga'i nāring nakanakin.
Tap (with your fingers) so that the child will not cry.