2. (verb) (-hia,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to delay, linger, loiter, prolong, tarry.
Kua whakaaetia e te Hīnota Tianara te tohe a te iwi Māori kia whakaritea me Māori tonu hei pīhopa mō te iwi Māori. Kotahi tonu te mea hei whakaroa, arā ko te kaupapa moni hei oranga mō taua pīhopa (TTT 1/5/1928:771). / The General Synod has agreed to the argument of the Māori people that a Māori be appointed as a bishop for them. There's just one thing that will delay it, and that is the funding for that bishop's stipend.
Synonyms: whakaupa, autō, aukume, whakaupaupa, whakawhēauau, karioi, whakataruna, taruna, mōnaroa, paratinaku, whakananawe, tarioi, whakatinaku
3. (noun) delay.
Kei ngā tāngata o Itari te whakaroa (TTT 1/3/1923:14). / The delay is with the Italians.
4. (noun) lengthening, prolonging, extending.
He tika anō hoki he mahi tino pai tā te tākuta - te pēhi i te mamae, te huti mai i te tangata i te mate, te whakaroa atu i ngā rā o te tangata (TTT 1/10/1927:701). / It's also correct that the work of doctors is very valuable - suppressing pain, reviving people from illnesses, and extending the lifespan of people.
5. (noun) expansion.
Ko ana kaupapa i kawe ai, ko te ahu whenua, ko te hanga i ngā huarahi, me te whakaroa atu i ngā ara tereina (TTR 1990:279). / The policies that he promoted were, land development, the building of roads, and the expansion of the railway lines.
whakarahi
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to enlarge, lengthen, magnify, increase, expand, extend, amplify.
I ēnei hararei ka tae mai ngā kāmura ki te hanga i ētahi rūma hou hei whakarahi atu i Hukarere (TKO 1/12/1917:13). / These holidays the carpenters arrive to build some new rooms to enlarge Hukarere.
Synonyms: whakaroa, aukume, haumi, whakakaitā, whakanui, whakaroaka
2. (modifier) enlarging, magnifying, expanding, amplifying, increasing.
Nāna i ahu tētehi momo whakahaere mō te karu whakarahi, hei whakaatu i ngā ngārara moroiti kei rō wai paru (TTR 1996:140). / He developed a use of the microscope to show the micro-organisms in impure water.
3. (noun) enlargement, magnification, expansion, amplification, increase.
Ko Ngata tēnā e kōkiri tonu nā i tana kaupapa ahu whenua Māori me tana whakarahi haere i ngā whakapaunga moni kāwanatanga i te wā e horo atu ana a Aotearoa ki te pae o te kore moni (TTR 1996:109) / Ngata was thrusting ahead with his Māori land development and increasing the expenditure of state funds at the time that the country was slipping into depression.
whakawhānui
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to extend, broaden, expand.
Nō mātou tonu te whakaaro kia hoatu he karahipi e £25 i te tau hei āwhina: ā, i te mea ka kitea kei te ranea he moni mō tēnei tau ka whakawhānuitia te āwhina kia horapa atu ki ngā minita Māori katoa puta noa i Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (TTT 1/8/1929:1036). / The idea to provide scholarships of £25 per annum as assistance was our own, and, because it has been found that there is an abundance of funding for this year, the assistance has been extended to include all Māori ministers throughout the North and South Islands.
2. (noun) (-hia,-tia) to expand (maths).
Ko te whakawhānui tētahi o ngā mahi rāwekeweke kīanga taurangi. Arā, ko te tuhi i tētahi kīanga kia kitea ai ngā taurangi katoa e honoa ana e te tohu tāpiri, e te tohu tango rānei. He whakakore i ngā taiapa o tētahi kīanga taurangi (TRP 2010:329). / Expansion is one type of algebraic manipulation. The expression is written as a collection of variables connected by addition and subtraction signs. The brackets are removed from the expression (TRP 2010:330).
3. (noun) broadening, widening, expansion.
E ai ki ngā kōrero, koinei anake pea te iwi o te ao e taea ana e rātou tō rātou reo te whakaora, te whakaū, te whakawhānui (H 1992). / It is claimed that this is probably the only people in the world who have been able to save, consolidate and expand their language.
