arotahi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to look in one direction, look steadily, focus on, zero in on, concentrate on, take aim.
Nō waenganui o te tekau tau atu i 1920, ka mutu te mahi a Meri Geddes i roto i ngā rōpū wāhine; huri kē ana ia ki te Hāhi hei arotahi māna i waho atu o tōna kāinga (TTR 1996:33). / In the mid 1920s Mary Geddes ended work in women's societies, turning her focus outside her home to the Church.
2. (noun) focus, concentration on.
Mai i te tau 1940, ko te arotahi o taua rōpū, ko te mana motuhake me te tino rangatiratanga o ngā Kuki Airani (TTR 1996:62). / From the 1940s onwards, the focus of the group was the independence and self-determination of the Cook Islands.
3. (noun) lens.
Ko tētahi wāhanga matua o te arotahi, ko tōna puare, te wāhi e uru atu ai te aho (RTA 2014:80). / An important part of the lens is its aperture, the place where the light enters.
Synonyms: mōhiti
2. (negative) Used following a reason or asking why something has not taken place or will not take place.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 23;)
See also nā te aha ... i kore ai e ... ?
3. (negative) without, -less, lacking - used before or after nouns to indicate the absence or lack of that thing. Sometimes written as a separate word, sometimes joined or hyphenated.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 55, 89-90;)
See also kāinga kore, parakore
5. (negative) Used with kia to say 'so that something would not happen'.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 31-32;)
I kumea te poti ki uta rawa, kia kore ai e riro i te tai. / The boat was pulled right ashore so that it wouldn't be carried off by the tide.
See also kia kore ai ... e ...
7. (noun) oblivion, annihilation, destruction, nothingness.
Ā, ngaro noa iho ki te kore a Hou rātou ko tōna iwi (NM 1928:57). / And Hou and his people were annihilated.
