whakakenakena
1. (verb) to make the feathers stand up (of a bird), incite, rouse, stir up.
Kua rere hoki ngā whakakenakena me ngā whakaipoipo a ngā rangatira taitama (TTR 1994:93). / She was admired and courted by young chiefs.
Synonyms: whakaohooho, whakaara, whakaoho
2. (adjective) be upright.
He matika te tū o te tangata, ko ngā whatu he whatu kanae (JPS 1922:17). / The men were of upright carriage and the eyes were restless.
3. (noun) standing up.
I te taenga o te ope taua ki tētehi kāinga ka whiua e te tangata whenua he kai mā te ope, ā, e tata ana te ope te matika atu ki te kai ka tau te ataata o Hae ki runga i ngā kai. Tapu tonu atu ngā kai rā, ā, kua kore e pai hei kai (NIT 1995:239). / When the war party came to one particular village the hosts laid out food for them, and just as the party was rising to eat, the shadow of Hae fell on the food. The food immediately became tapu and could no longer be eaten (NIT 1995:239).
whātika
1. (verb) to straighten, stand up, arise.
Te mea i āhuareka rawa he āporo i whiua ki roto ki te tāpu wai, ka whātika te tamariki ki te ruku, ki te hopu i te āporo ki ō rātou niho (TWMNT 11/1/1876:7). / The most enjoyable thing was apples thrown into a tub of water and the children stand up to duck down and seize an apple with their teeth.
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to correct, edit, solve, fix, rectify, amend, rectify, tune.
Ka kitea e ia ngā hēnga, ka whakatikaia, ka whakahokia anō ki ngā kaitā perehi, kātahi ka mahia tikatia e rātou (TWM 13/6/1863:2). / When the mistakes are found they are corrected, returned to the printers and then they make the corrections.
Synonyms: whakamaene
3. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia,-ria) to rise up, set out (on a journey).
Ka whakatika atu a Te Whitimoa me ngā hōia Pākehā, me te rau kotahi o Te Arawa, me ngā kūpapa kotahi rau e whā tekau, ko Te Keepa te meiha o aua kūpapa (TWM 22/4/1869). / Whitmore and the Pākehā soldiers set off with one hundred Te Arawa and one hundred and forty allies led by Te Keepa who was the major of those collaborators.
Synonyms: tīeke, riro, whakatikatika, matike, whana, maiengi, ara, hihiri, puea, whātika, totō, maiangi, maranga
4. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia) to prepare.
I te mutunga o te kai, ka whakatika ngā hunga nei ki te haere (TWK 28:23). / When the meal ended, these people prepared to go.
Synonyms: tītakataka, takataka, whakaute, raweke, whakareri, rahurahu, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke
5. (modifier) correcting, straightening out.
Tāpiri atu ki tēnā ko te mahi whakatika ake hoki i te taha parukore (TTR 1998:41). / In addition to that was the work of correcting the sanitation.
6. (noun) solution, correction.
7. (noun) preparation.
Ka nui kē nei te pai o tana whakatika i a ia mō tēnei mahi uaua (TTR 2000:101). / His preparation of himself for this difficult task was excellent.
Synonyms: whakatakataka, whakapai, whakareri, whakatikatika, whakatakanga, whakatakatū
whakatū
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to make stand, erect, put up, construct, raise, establish.
Me whakatū he pēke motuhake mā ngā Māori hei huarahi āwhina i ngā Māori ki runga i ngā mahi pāmu, hoko kau, hanga whare mō rātou, whakatū wheketere pata, mira kani rākau, mira haraheke, me ērā atu mahi e puta ai he painga mō te iwi Māori (TTT 1/10/1931:63). / Separate banks should be established as a way to help Māori with regard to farming, buying cows, building houses for themselves, establishing butter factories, sawmills, flax mills and those other activities that will benefit the Māori people.
Synonyms: hiki, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, hī, huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, riaki, whakaara, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to elect, put on, instigate, appoint, place.
3. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to stop, pull up, bring to a halt.
Ka kite hoki taku tuakana i a au e tū ana i te taha o te huarahi i tō mātau kāinga, ka whakatū ia i ana hōiho, kia piki atu au ki runga i te rore, ka noho i tōna taha (HP 1991:22). / And when my elder brother saw me standing at the side of the road at our home he stopped his horses and I climbed onto the lorry and sat beside him.
4. (modifier) erecting, establishing, instituting.
Ko te wāhi hou o tēnei pōti ko te whakaaetanga o te taha turaki i te waipiro kia utua te moni e whā miriona pauna me te hāwhe (£4,500,000) ki te rōpū whakatū hōtēra mehemea ka tupono te hinga o te taha whakatū waipiro i tēnei pōti (TKO 12/2/1919:3). / The new part of this election is the agreement of the alcohol prohibitionists to pay four and a half million pounds (£4,500,000) to the association erecting hotels if the side supporting alcohol happens to be defeated at this election.
5. (noun) erection (of a building, etc.), election, establishment.
Ko te kaupapa i mārama ki tēnei komiti ko te whakatū i tētahi Māori hei pīhopa āwhina, hei tiaki i te taha Māori (TTT 1/5/1928:774). / The matter is clear to this committee is the establishment of a Māori as assistant bishop to care for the Māori aspect.
whakatikatika
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina,-ngia,-ria) to straighten, set out, stand up, arise, correct, solve, prepare.
He take tēnei hei mahi māna, arā, ki te whakatikatika i ngā kōrero parau a te tangata (TTR 1996:187). / For him this was a duty, that is to correct people's erroneous accounts.
Synonyms: tīeke, riro, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, raweke, rahurahu
2. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-ina) to prepare.
Kua tae atu te rongo ki a Whare-tīpeti mō te ope taua, ā, e hoki mai ana ki te whakatikatika i mua i te huakanga o te pakanga a Maoa (NIT 1995:285). / News about the war party had reached Whare-tīpeti and he was returning before the Maoa's attack to prepare for it.
3. (noun) solution, correction, preparation.
Ko ētahi o ēnei e pā ana ki ngā whakamārama kāore i oti i a Tā Āpirana: ko ētahi he whakatikatika noa iho i ngā wāhi i hapa i te kaipatopato (M 2007:viii). / Some of these relate to the explanations not completed by Sir Āpirana: others are just corrections in the places where the typist made errors.
Synonyms: whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai, whakareri, whakatakanga
whakakapi
1. (verb) (-a) to fill up (a space), occupy, replace, stand as a substitute.
I te tau 1898 i tuhi ia ki 'Te Puke Ki Hikurangi', te nūpepa i whakakapi i tāna, ki te whakaputa i ōna whakaaro mō te whakahaere o te kaupapa o te Kotahitanga (TTR 1994:31). / In 1898 he wrote to 'Te Puke ki Hikurangi', his paper's successor, expressing his views on the performance of the Kotahitanga movement.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to conclude, complete, close, finish (speeches, writing, lectures) - especially in the sense of tying together the ideas that have been said or written earlier or by other speakers.
3. (noun) cover, substitute, successor, replacement.
Mā te Kāwana e whakatū atu tētahi perehitini hei whakakapi mōna (TWMNT 30/10/1872:140). / The Governor will appoint a president as his replacement.
