Hokoteta
1. (loan) (personal name) Hochstetter - Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829-1884) German geologist and writer who made extensive geological surveys of Auckland and Nelson provinces in 1858.
He maha ngā tāngata i puta ā rātou poropititanga mō runga i tēnei aituā. Te tuatahi, ko Tākuta Hokoteta, he Tiamani, he ruānuku, he mōhio ki ngā tikanga o te āhua o te whenua, o ngā kōhatu me ngā aha noa (KO 24/8/1886:6). / Many people prophesied this calamity. The first was Dr Hochstetter, a German and an expert on aspects related to geographical and geological aspects of the land.
āinga whakararo
1. (noun) forcing downwards, subduction - a geological process where one tectonic plate moves under another.
Ka tukituki ngā papaneke, i ētahi wā ka āia te papaneke moana ki raro tonu i te papaneke paparahi, ā, he nui ngā rū whenua me ngā hūnga puia ka hua ake. Ka kīia tēnei ko te āinga whakararo (RP 2009:305). / When the tectonic plates ram against each other other, sometimes the oceanic plate is forced under the continental plate and many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions result. This is called subduction.
2. (adjective) sedimentary.
