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whakaotinga

1. (noun) completion.

Ka rua ngā take i kōrerotia e ia, arā, ko te whakahaere me te whakaotinga atu i te wharenui, i a Māhinārangi i Tūrangawaewae marae, me tana whakahua i te tauwhāingatanga o Tūrongo rāua ko tana tuakana, ko Whatihua, oti atu ki te moenga o Tūrongo i a Māhinārangi, he tapairu nō Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTR 1998:72). / He discussed two matters, namely the planning and completion of the meeting house, Māhinārangi, on the marae at Tūrangawaewae and his retelling of the rivalry of Tūrongo and his elder brother, Whatihua, ending in Tūrongo's marriage to Māhinārangi, the East Coast chieftainess.

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2. (noun) youngest child (of a family), youngest sibling.

Nā ka rapu ia, tīmata i te mātāmua ā whakamutu ki te whakaotinga (PT Kenehi 44:12). / And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest.

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kawa whakaotinga

1. (noun) house opening karakia that brings the ritual outside to a close and the ruahine opens the door of the new house.

utu whakaotinga

1. (noun) final payment.

Tukua ana e Te Pura kotahi rau pauna, he utu whakaotinga ia mō ō rātou whenua i tukua ki a te Kuīni (MM.TKM 1/1860:7). / Mr Buller paid them one hundred pounds, in final payment for their lands given to the Queen.

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