whakauru
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to insert, put in, enter, apply, enrol, introduce, include, substitute.
Ko ngā purei Ingarihi kua whakaurua ki roto ki ngā tamariki, ā ahuareka rawa ana rātou ki ngā mahi kiriketi, pōro, aha atu (TWMNT 13/1/1874:11). / English games have been introduced among the children, and they really like cricket, football, and other games.
2. (verb) to form an alliance, join, ally oneself with.
Whakauru mai ana hoki ngā hapū e whā o Heretaunga i raro i tō rātou rangatira, i a Te Hāpuku (TTR 1990:204). / The four hapū of Hawke's Bay also formed an alliance under their chief, Te Hāpuku.
Synonyms: haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, kuhukuhu, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, hono, tāpiri, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko
3. (modifier) admission, entrance, enrolling.
Ko te karakia whakauru mō ngā mema me whakahaere i roto i te whare karakia (TP 10/1910:4). / The admission service for the members should be held in the church.
4. (noun) enrolment, registration, admission, entry, participation.
Synonyms: whakaurunga, rēhita, rēhitatanga
5. (noun) membership.
Ko te whakauru ki taua karapu me ngau te tangata ki te paepae hamuti, kātahi anō ka mana ki te whai kī i roto i taua whakaminenga (TTT 1/2/1927:533). / For the membership of that club a person must undertake an initiation ritual and only then is he able to have speaking rights in that assembly.
Synonyms: mematanga
6. (noun) ally.
Ka whakakaongia e Te Waharoa tāna ope taua, o Ngāti Hauā, o Ngāti Maniapoto, o Waikato; kātahi, ka haere ki te whakapā atu ki ōna whakauru o Ngāi Te Rangi i Tauranga (TTR 1990:2). / Te Waharoa gathered together his army of Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato warriors and then went to join his Ngāi Te Rangi allies at Tauranga.
2. (noun) bicultural person.
2. (noun) person belonging to two tribes.
Ka mahi te kākano whakauru (W 1971:94). / The person of two tribes is busy (NP 2001:166).
poti whakauru
1. (noun) food basket, large square-bottomed basket for cooked food for distinguished visitors.
See also poti tara
Synonyms: poti whakatara
tikanga whakauru
1. (noun) substitution method.
Ko te tikanga whakauru te whakakapi i tētahi taurangi o tētahi kīanga, o tētahi whārite rānei ki tētahi tau, ki tētahi atu kīanga rānei. Hei tauira, ina whakaurua te 5 hei whakakapi i te 'a' i te kīanga 3a, ka hua ko te 15 (3 x 5) (TRP 2010:289). / Substitution method is replacing a variable in an expression or equation with a number or with another expression. For example, if 5 is substituted for 'x' in the expression 3x, 15 is the result (TRP 2010:289).
moni whakauru
1. (loan) (noun) entrance or enrolment fee, subscription.
Mā te hēkeretari o ia peka e tuhi atu ia tau ki te kaitiaki moni o te Kotahitanga kia kotahi hereni hei moni whakauru mō ia mema o tōna peka ki te Kotahitanga (TP 3/9/1909:7). / The secretary of each branch will record in writing to the treasurer of the Kotahitanga on the one shilling subscription fee for each member of his branch.
whakauru kukune
1. (noun) embryo insertion.
Ko te kōpū whāngai: Ka hapū te wahine mā te rautātea, mā te whakauru kukune rānei, hei whakawhānau pēpi mā tētahi atu (RP 2009:265). / Surrogate: Conception through artificial insemination or embryo insertion in order for a woman to give birth for someone else (RP 2009:266).
