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āki

1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-ngia) to encourage, urge on, challenge, induce, incite, exhort.

Āki atu hoki ia ki tana iwi o Rangitāne, kia mau te pupuri i ō rātou toenga whenua, kia mau tonu ki tō rātou mana, ahakoa pēhea te tāmia mai e Tauiwi (TTR 1990:176). / He also urged his Rangitāne people to hold fast to their remaining lands and to retain their authority, no matter how much they were oppressed by the colonists.

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2. (verb) (-hia,-na,-ngia) to beat, pound, crash against, dash against, strike with great force, throw down, buffet, slam against, slam.

Āki ai ngā ngaru huhuka ki ngā paritū o te ākau (TK 14/4/1883:1). / The frothing waves crash on the cliffs of the coast.
I ahu mai taua kaipuke i Merika. He maha ngā rā i ākina ai e ngā tūātea nunui o te moana, tae rawa mai ki Ahitereiria ka ū ki runga toka (TP 7/1909:6). / That ship headed from America. For many days it was pounded by the huge breaking waves of the sea, and when it finally reached Australia it landed up on rocks.
Kaua e ākina te kūaha! / Don't slam the door!

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Synonyms: tuki, kuru, kurukuru, pao, kōmekemeke, pātuki, pāuna, hamahama, pehu, patupatu, tātā, poutuki, whākuru


3. (verb) (-na) to replace.

Ka tango ki te pū wīwī, ka rere iho taua wahine nei ki roto ki te kōruarua, ākina iho hoki taua pū wīwī nei (NM 1928:9). / The woman removed the clump of rushes and fled down into the hole and replaced the clump of rushes.

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4. (noun) urging, encouragement.

Kia tino maumahara ko koutou, ko mātou kē kei te pīkau i ngā raru o tēnei kura nā reira e pēnei nei te kaha o tā mātou āki (HM 4/1997:8). / You should remember well that we are carrying the liabilities for this learning gathering and that's the reason for the intensity of our urging.

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