motokā
1. (loan) (noun) car, automobile, motorcar.
I ētahi wā i mauria rāua mā runga motokā (TP 11/1904:5). / Sometimes they were taken by car.
Synonyms: motukā
motukā
1. (loan) (noun) car, automobile, motorcar.
Ka hiahia ia ki te hāereere, ka eke ki te hōiho, ki te paihikara, ki te paki, ki te tima, ki te rērewē, ki te motukā rānei, ka haere, ka whakapau i ana moni (TP 10/1903:2). / When he wants to travel about, he gets on a horse, a bicycle, a buggy, a ship, a train or motorcar and goes off wasting his money.
See also motokā
Synonyms: motokā
whakatangatanga
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to loosen, release from restraint, ease.
Ko te hinu hei whakatangatanga i ngā mahi a ngā hāhi, he moni, hei whāngai i ngā minita kia ora ai te mahi i tā rātou mahi, hei hanga whare karakia (HKW 1/10/1901:5). / The oil to ease the work of the churches is money as sustenance for the ministers so that they can do their job well and to build churches.
Synonyms: tākiri, whakamatara, tangatanga, maunu, whakakaewa, hangoro, whakakorokoro, whakangoru, tākōkō
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to try to loosen, endeavour to disengage.
Ka mau ngā ringa o te teina whakatangatanga noa, kīhai i riro ake te punga, ka mau tonu ki raro ki te moana (MM.TKM 1/2/1855:25). / The younger brother took the rope with his hands and attempted to loosen it, but the anchor couldn't be moved and held fast on the bottom of the sea.
3. (noun) clutch (car).
