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tāwharau

1. (verb) (-tia) to shelter.

I a ia ka tāwharau ki Ruatāhuna, ka takoto tana kupu: 'Ahakoa koutou whaiwhai haere i a au, me te Kāwana anō hoki, e kore ahau e mau i a koutou. E kore hoki ahau e mate i a koutou. Ā, mā te hauaitū noa iho e mate ai ahau.' (TTR 1990:220). / While he was sheltering at Ruatāhuna, he uttered the prediction: 'Although you go in pursuit of me, even with the Governor, I will not be captured by you, nor will I be killed by you, and it will be simply through accident that I shall die' (DNZB 1990:464).

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Synonyms: pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, ruruhau, piringa, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga, maru, taumaru, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu


2. (modifier) sheltering.

I ngā wā o te pakanga, koinei te wāhi tāwharau o te iwi (Te Ara 2013). / In times of war, these were places of refuge for the tribe.

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Synonyms: ruruhau, whakawhare, whakaruru, tīhoka, whakamarumaru


3. (noun) shelter.

Kua moke nei te āhua o tana noho, ā, noho ai ko tōna kotahi i rō tāwharau hangahanga, i tana kōpuha rānei, i a ia e hī ika ana (TTR 1996:72). / She became something of a recluse, living alone in a makeshift dwelling while fishing, or in her bach (DNZB 1996:269).

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pāruru

1. (verb) to be shaded, sheltered, screened.

Pāruru tonu te mahinga a tuahangata (W 1971:269). / The work of the principal male character was shaded.

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Synonyms: kokohu, whakaruruhau, ruru, marumaru, maru, tūmaru, taumaru, taumarumaru, kauruku


2. (noun) shelter.

I pūnotinotitia e rātau he pāruru taupua (Ng 1993:328). / They patched together a temporary shelter.

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Synonyms: tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga, pātakitaki, taumaru, ruruhau

whakaruru

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to afford shelter, shelter, protect.

I te pō o te 10 o Hune 1886, arā, i te pō o te hū, e 62 ngā tāngata i whakaruruhia e Te Paea i tōna whare i Te Wairoa (TTR 1994:25). / On the night of 10 June 1886, that is the night of the eruption, Sophia sheltered 62 people in her house at Te Wairoa.

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Synonyms: whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, taumaru, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, whakahaumaru, , manaaki, tiaki, taumarumaru, whakamauru, maru, piringa, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga, tāwharau, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū


2. (modifier) affording shelter, sheltering, protecting.

Ka whakataua e Whitmore me ruru a Te Urewera, kia kore ai e whai wāhi whakaruru, wāhi whakarato taonga, wāhi taritari ope rānei a Te Kooti me ngā mōrehu kaiārahi i te Hauhau (TTR 1990:384). / Whitmore decided that the Urewera would have to be invaded, so that Te Kooti and the surviving Hauhau leaders wouldn't have a sanctuary and a supply of goods or a recruitment area.

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Synonyms: whakahaumaru, ruruhau, whakawhare, tīhoka, whakamarumaru, tāwharau


3. (noun) screen, shelter, protector.

Nō te mea ko ia tō rātou whakaruru, ka whakatūpato atu a Te Whatanui kia kaua e haere (TTR 1990:335). / Because he was their protector, Te Whatanui warned them not to go.

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Synonyms: parepare, ruruhau, kaiwhakamarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, , tauārai, mata, , ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, ārei


4. (noun) facial gesture in kapa haka where the enlarged eyes stare in one direction and the tongue protrudes in the opposite direction.

Ko te whakaruru, koia te tiro korotaha o ngā whatu nunui, me te whātero ki taha kē (RMR 2017). / The whakaruru facial gesture is where the enlarged eyes stare sideways and the tongue protrudes in the opposite side.

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tīhokahoka

1. (noun) temporary shelter (made with branches stuck in the ground), bivouac.

Nā ka puta a Hona i roto i te pā, ā noho ana i te taha ki te rāwhiti o te pā; kei te hanga i tētahi tīhokahoka mōna ki reira (PT Hona 4:5). / So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth.

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Synonyms: ruruhau, taumaru, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, piringa, tāwharau, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga


2. (modifier) temporary (of buildings).

He hangaia he whare tīhokahoka i te taha o te awa. / He built a temporary shelter by the stream.

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marumaru

1. (stative) be shaded, sheltered.

Ka marumaru tēnei kāinga i te rākau (W 1971:184). / This home is shaded by the tree.

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Synonyms: ruru, whakaruruhau, kokohu, kauruku, maru, tūmaru, taumaru, pāruru, taumarumaru


2. (noun) shade.

I reira ka whara a Te Kooti. E whakatā ana i te marumaru o tana kāta i te 28 o Pēpuere, ka tanuku te kāta ka tāmia (TTR 1990:222). / There Te Kooti was injured. In 28 February he was resting in the shade of his cart when it collapsed and crushed him.

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Synonyms: taumaru, taumarumaru, whakamarumaru, maru


3. (noun) shady tree.

Ko tēnei tangata, ko Tamatekapua he whānako tana mahi, ka hangaia he poutoti hai ara haere ki te whānako i te marumaru o Uenuku, te rua nō te hoenga mai i te moana ka whānako i te wahine a Ngātoroirangi (TP 3/1909:4). / Stealing was the activity that this man, Tamatekapua, engaged in, making stilts as a way to steal from Uenuku's shady tree, and the second thing was from the voyage across the ocean when he stole Ngātoroirangi's wife.

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pāhauhau

1. (noun) wind screen, windbreak, shelter belt.

Me kore ake te pāhauhau i kore ai ngā māhuri e whatiwhati i te hau (PK 2008:557). / Fortunately for the shelter belt the saplings didn't get broken by the wind.

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piringa

1. (noun) shelter, hiding place, haven, refuge.

Hei piringa anō hoki te koraha mō te tangata pai e tūkinotia ana (KO 15/12/1883:18). / The open country is also a refuge for the good person who is being abused.

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Synonyms: ruruhau, tuohunga, whakamaurutanga, punanga, whakamaru, taumaru, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau


2. (noun) connection, link, association, relationship.

Nā runga i tōna hononga ki a Te Taoū i roa ai tana piringa ki Ōrākei (TTR 1996:174). / She had a long association with Orakei through her connection with Te Taoū.

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Synonyms: hono, hononga, tūhonotanga, whaitake, taukaea, tauhere, pāhekoheko, whakanohonoho, whanaungatanga, whakapiringa, taunekeneke

ruru

1. (verb) to tie, tie together.


2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to take shelter, take refuge.

Nō te pakanga o Te Whiti-o-Tū, ka hinga a Ngāi Te Ūpokoiri me ō rātau hoa whawhai; kātahi ka haere ki Taupō ruru ai (TTR 1990:30). / Ngāti Te Upokoiri and their allies were defeated at the battle of Te Whiti-o-Tū, and took refuge at Taupō.

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3. (modifier) sheltered.

Ka tukuna e Ngā Puhi kia kuhu atu ana; ka waihotia hei wāhi ruru (TTR 1990:171). / Ngā Puhi allowed them to enter and respected it as a place of refuge.

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Synonyms: pāruru, marumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, kokohu


4. (noun) knot.

I herea ngā hū ki ngā ruru taparenga, koia nā i uaua ai te wetewete. / The shoes were tied with tight knots, which is why they were difficult to untie.

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Synonyms: kono, tapona, noti, pona, tīpona, pūtiki, pūtikitiki

Tāne-whakapiripiri

1. (personal name) personification of buildings that provide shelter for people.

whakamarumaru

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to shade, shelter, protect.

Nā Whakatau i whakamarumaru ngā umanga a Ngāi Tahu i te takiwā ki Kaikōura (TTR 1994:38). / Whakatau protected Ngāi Tahu interests in the Kaikōura district.

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Synonyms: maru, marumaru, taumarumaru, araarai, parahau, rauhī, whakaruruhau, tiaki, manaaki, , whakaruru, whakahaumaru, taumaru, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, whakamauru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū


2. (modifier) sheltering, shading.

Ka kite i te poporo whakamarumaru o Uenuku, ka kainga e rāua (M 2004:28). / When they saw Uenuku's shading breadfruit tree, they ate the fruit.

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Synonyms: kauruku, tāwharau, ruruhau, whakawhare, whakaruru, tīhoka


3. (noun) shade, shelter, protector.

Ka nohonoho haere mātou i raro i ngā whakamarumaru kia kore ai ō mātou māhunga e paoa e te rā (HM 2/2009:10). / We sat about under the shade so that our heads would not be pounded by the sun.

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Synonyms: parepare, whakaruruhau, kaiwhakamarumaru, ruruhau, whakaruru

whakamauru

1. (verb) (-tia) to lean upon, shelter, keep steady, gather around.

Ahakoa anō, 100 ki te 200 ngā tāngata i whakamauru atu ki a Te Keepa (TTR 1990:270). / Nevertheless, between 100 and 200 men, gathered around Te Keepa.

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Synonyms: whakamatua, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga, ruruhau, taumaru, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, piringa, tāwharau


2. (verb) (-tia) to allay, ease, appease, assuage, mollify, mitigate, lessen.

Ko hūpē, ko roimata hei whakamauru noa i te mamae e kai kino nei, ā, mā te wā rawa te rāwakiwaki e whakangaro (HM 4/2009:4). / Mucus and tears will ease the intense pain and eventually in time the depression will recede.

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Synonyms: tāharahara, māwhe, whakaiti, heke haere, tāmōmō, whakamāmā, mirimiri, whakaturi


3. (modifier) placatory, conciliatory, appeasing, lessening, mitigating.

Koinei tētehi o ngā moenga whakamāuru i te mate o Ngāi Tahu i te rau o te patu a ngā iwi e taki noho ana i Te Ūpoko o te Ika-a-Māui i ngā rua tekau tau atu i te tau 1820 (TTR 1998:166). / This was one of the marriages that cemented peace after the deaths of Ngāi Tahu resulting from the wars of the tribes that lived in southern North Island in the twenty years after 1920.

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Synonyms: whakamārire, whakamārie


4. (noun) appeasement, placation, conciliation.

Me whakamahi e mātou te aro nui mai o te itinga o ngā tāngata ki te reo Māori, me te whakamauru i ō te nuinga āwangawanga ko tā te reo Māori he whakatuma i te reo Pākehā o Aotearoa nei (HM 4/1990:3). / We must make the most of the small number of people that are kindly disposed towards the Māori language and placate the concerns of the majority that the Māori language challenges English in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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Synonyms: whakararata, whakarata, whakaratarata

tūrutu

1. (verb) to screen, shelter.

Ka haramai tēnei ka tūrutu, ka paetau noa au kai te whare (M 2005:354). / This one comes and shelters, and I just sit apart in the house.

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Synonyms: tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, pātūtū, whakaruru, , tauārai, mata, , ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, ārei, ruruhau, taumaru, pāruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga


2. (noun) tūrutu, New Zealand blueberry, Dianella nigra - loose tussock forming evergreen perennial herb, forming dense to open, diffuse clumps; rhizomes horizontally 150 mm (or more) long, strong and well developed. Leaves 250-800 x 12-18 mm, uniformly green to dark green, upright to strongly curved and distinctly drooping, more or less flat. Green or white flowers November - December and berries from grey-white and dull to strongly violet-blue and glossy.

Synonyms: rēua, piopio


3. (noun) New Zealand iris, native iris, Libertia ixioides - a native plant seen beside tracks and streams. Leaves turn yellow to orange in full sun and are smooth, stiff and long, growing in fans forming a tuft. Flowers are white and three-petalled while the fruit is yellow pear-shaped capsules.

hōrakerake

1. (stative) be exposed, without shelter.

Ko wai e pai ki tēnā kāinga hōrakerake? He nui te makariri (W 1971:59). / Who would like that exposed home? It's very cold.

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māhauhau

1. (verb) (-tia) to make a temporary shelter, make a bivouac.

Māhauhautia he whare mō tātou mō te pō nei, ka ao te rā ka haere (W 1971:163). / A temporary shelter was built for us for this night and next day we moved on.

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2. (noun) temporary shelter, shed, bivouac.

Ka mahia he māhauhau hei whakaruru mōna mō te wā e noho ana ia ki te ngahere (PK 2008:??). / A bivouac was made as a shelter for him for the time he was living in the bush.

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Synonyms: pāhoka, pāhokahoka, whare, wharau, hēte, hēti

maru

1. (stative) be covered, shaded, sheltered, thickly populated.

Nā Te Rauparaha te iwi i ārahi kia heke ki te tonga, ki tētahi wāhi e maru ai, e ora ai, e tipu ai rātou (Te Ara 2011). / Te Rauparaha led the tribe on the migration to the south to a place that was safer and where they could survive and prosper.

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Synonyms: kokohu, whakaruruhau, ruru, pāruru, taumarumaru, kauruku, marumaru, tūmaru, taumaru


2. (noun) shadow, shelter, shade, power, authority, shield, safeguard.

Kāhore kau ia i whakapae mahi kino, kāhore hoki ia i waiho noa i te hunga i raro i tōna maru (TTR 1990:327). / He was never accused of evil deeds, nor did he abandon the people under his protection.

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Synonyms: whakahaumaru, pukupuku, hīra, whakangungu, pākai, ārai, whakapuru tao, whakangungu rākau, kahupeka, taumaru, taumarumaru, marumaru, whakamarumaru, puapua, ārei, hiko, kaha, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, mana, awe, kōmārohi, ihi, awenga, , mana whakahaere, ātārangi, whakamokamoka, whakamomoka, atarau, ataata, kōruru, whakamaurutanga, whakamauru, whakaruru, pātūtū, whakaruruhau, pāruru, pātakitaki, ruruhau, tūrutu, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru

taumarumaru

1. (verb) to be shady, shaded.

He whiro Pākehā i runga tonu ake i te puna tāhinga mai ai, ā, ka taumarumaru tonu te puna i ngā wā katoa (HP 1991:18). / A Pākehā willow tree was right above the spring leaning over it and the spring was always quite shaded.

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Synonyms: taumaru, pāruru, kauruku, marumaru, maru, tūmaru, tāmaru, pūruru


2. (modifier) shady, overshadowing, shaded.

E noho taumarumaru ana te kapua o te pakanga ki Oropi (KO 22/2/1887:2). / The cloud of war is overshadowing Europe.

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3. (noun) shade, shadow, protection, shelter.

Ko ngā whare he mea āta whakarārangi mārire te tū i ngā waharoa me te taumarumaru iho anō ngā pītiti me ngā āporo (TTT 1/3/1928:753). / The houses stood carefully lined up from the gateway and in the shade of the peach and apple trees.

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Synonyms: marumaru, whakamarumaru, maru, kōruru, ataata, atarau, whakamomoka, whakamokamoka, ātārangi, amarara, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, whakaruru, whakamauru, whakaruruhau, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga

tuarā wharau

1. (noun) roof of a shelter - sometimes written as one word, i.e. tuarāwharau.

Mōrunga rawa ake te rā ka puta ngā iwi i pōhiritia rā; ana, me he tuarā wharau ki te waha mai i ngā ika tauraki kua maroke (JPS 1911:21). / The sun was already high when the tribes who were invited appeared; they were like the thatched roof of a house carrying the dried fish.

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whakaruruhau

1. (verb) (-tia) to protect, shield, shelter.

He kai tere te kānga ki te tipu, ko ngā kānga hei whakaruruhau mō ngā paukena (TTT 1/10/1922:6). / Maize grows quickly, so it shelters the pumpkins.

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Synonyms: puapua, ārei, pukupuku, hīra, pākai, ārai, whakapuru tao, whakangungu rākau, kahupeka, whakangungu, taumaru, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, , manaaki, tiaki, whakamarumaru, rauhī, parahau, araarai, whakahau, whakamaru, pare, whakamaurutanga, tīhokahoka, tāwharau, piringa, maru, whakamauru, taumarumaru, pātūtū, tūrutu, pāruru, pātakitaki, ruruhau


2. (modifier) sheltered, protected, safe.

Oma tika tonu mai tana iwi ki a ia i tō rātau kitenga kua hinga a ia, ā, nā rātau i mau ki tētahi wāhi whakaruruhau (TTR 1990:393). / When they saw he had fallen, his people ran straight to him and carried him to a safe place.

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Synonyms: kokohu, haumaru, marutau, ora, punanga, maru, ruru, pāruru, marumaru


3. (noun) protector, adviser, mentor.

Kai taku whakaruruhau i ngā hau kino o te wā, i ngā tao tāwai, i ngā tao rangirangi, i ngā tao whakarōriki, tīraha rā! (HM 4/2009:3) / My protector from the evil winds of the time, from the taunts, from the annoying criticisms, and the disparaging jibes, lie there in state!

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Synonyms: kaiārahi, whakamarumaru, parepare, ruruhau, whakaruru, kaiwhakamarumaru


4. (noun) governing body, authority.

Kua whakaritea mai anō hoki tētahi apārangi hei whakaruruhau mō te reo (HM 3/1993:6). / A group of experts has also been organised as a governing body for the language.

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whakamaurutanga

1. (noun) shelter, haven, refuge, sanctuary.

Ko ngā whare katoa i Te Wairoa ngakongako katoa i te ākinga a te kōhatu e ngiha tonu nei, e rua rawa anō ngā mea i tū. He mea whakatete a roto o aua whare ki te rākau, ka whai whakamaurutanga ngā mōrehu o Tūhourangi i ora (KO 24/8/1886:7). / All the houses at Te Wairoa were smashed to pieces from the pounding of the rocks that were still burning, and only two were left standing. Timber was used inside those houses to prop them up so that the Tūhourangi survivors would have somewhere to shelter and be saved.

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Synonyms: rāhui, punanga, tuohunga, piringa, ruruhau, pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, taumaru, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu

whakamaru

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to protect, shelter.

Ka nukuhia rātau ko tana whānau ki Ākarana whakamaru ai (TTR 1990:211). / She moved with her family to Auckland to protect them.

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Synonyms: taumaru, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, , manaaki, tiaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, whakamaurutanga, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū, taumarumaru, whakamauru, maru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka


2. (noun) protection.

Nā tana mōteatea ka oho te aroha o Te Rangihaeata, ka tuku i tana whakamaru ki te whānau, ka mauria rātou katoa ki Kapiti (TTR 1990:266). / When she sang a lament Te Rangihaeata was moved to extend his protection to the family, taking them all to Kapiti Island.

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Synonyms: parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara

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