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whakarau

1. (noun) multiplication.

whakarau

1. (verb) (-tia) to cause to germinate.

whakarau

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to take captive, capture, arrest.

I ahu rātau mā Waikaremoana ki te whakarau i te hunga e peia haeretia ana e wērā o ngā poupoutahi (TTR 1990:384). / They headed via Waikaremoana to capture the people who had been displaced by those columns.

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2. (modifier) in captivity, captive, arrested.

Otirā ki te kī a ētahi Pākehā o taua whenua ki tō rātou mōhio kāore ngā tamariki i patua, engari kei tētahi pā Mangumangu e noho whakarau ana (HKW 1/6/1899:11). / But according to what some Europeans of that country say, to their knowledge the children were not killed, but are at a Black fort being held captive.

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3. (noun) captive, captivity, arrest.

Nō te tau 1888 ka whakatapua ko te Hātarei te rā Hāpati me Te Tekau-mā-rua o ngā rā o ia marama, hei whakamaharatanga mō Te Kapenga i a rātau ko ngā whakarau i tau mai ki Whareongaonga (TTR 1990:221). / In 1888 Saturday was sanctified as the Sabbath along with the twelfth of each month to commemorate the Passover when the captives landed at Whareongaonga.

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whakarau Kīngi

1. (noun) chess.

whakarau harangotengote

1. (noun) periodic detention.

whakarau kakai

1. (verb) to consider at length, debate fully, disagree, deliberate.

Kotahi noa iho te kaupapa whānui hei whakarau kakai mā te hui (HM 3/1993:4). / There's just one general topic for the gathering to consider.

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whakarau pūngao

1. (noun) metabolism.

Ko te whakarau pūngao ngā tauhohe matū e haere ana i roto i ngā pūtau o tētahi rauropi e puta ai te pūngao, hei whakatutuki māna i ōna tukanga ora, pērā i te tupu, te neke, te tukupara me te whakaputa uri (RP 2009:448). / Metabolism involves the chemical reactions in the cells of an organism which produce energy, enabling the organism to carry out its living processes such as growth, movement, discharging waste and reproduction. (RP 2009:448).

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