2. (verb) to be taken out of the ground (as a crop), lifted (as a crop), gathered in, harvested.
Ka maea te māra rīwai rā, ka tukutukua hei purapura, ā roaroa iho, ka nui haere tērā tū kai ki rauwhenua (KO 15/8/1884:5). / When that garden of potatoes was lifted they were distributed as seed, eventually becaming abundant in many countries.
2. (verb) (-a) to seek solace.
Haere, haere atu e ngā kaumātua, ki te mano, ki te tini kua rūpeke atu rā ki te pō, waiho te iwi, māna e mae noa (TP 3/1904:2). / Farewell, my elders, go to the multitudes who have gathered in the world of the dead and leaving the tribe to vainly seek solace.
3. (noun) phobia.
