whakapuaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to utter, disclose, express, reveal, declare, state.
Kua oti ērā kupu te whakapuaki, otirā e kōrero tonu ana ngā Māori i runga i te mana kua tukua mai ki a rātou e te iwi (TWMNT 14/12/1875:293). / Those words had already been expressed, but still the Māori members spoke on account of the authority given to them by the people.
Synonyms: tuwhiri, whakaatu, whakakite, whāki, whāwhāki, puaki, whakakakau
2. (noun) articulation symbol (music).
He tohu ngā tohu whakapuaki hei whakaatu kia pēhea te whakatangi i tētahi oro (RTP 2015:115). / Articulation symbols are symbols which convey how a note should be played (RTP 2015:115).
whakapuakanga
1. (noun) declaration, disclosure, statement, expression, pronouncement - an alternative derived noun form from whakapuaki.
I muri mai i te whakapuakanga atu o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, hui ake ana ngā māngai o ngā rohe iwi ki Te Poho-o-Rāwiri i Tūranga, he tautoko nei tā rātau kia whakatūria tētahi hokowhitu Māori (TTR 2000:99). / After the declaration of the Second World War tribal representatives of the district met at Te Poho-o-Rāwiri, Gisborne, and supported the formation of a Māori battalion.
See also whakapuakitanga
Synonyms: tātaku, whakapuakitanga
