whakawā
1. (verb) (-kia,-ngia,-tia) to judge, accuse, investigate, adjudicate, put on trial - used for accusing, investigating and judging a charge or complaint against someone.
I te 17 o Hune nei, i whakawākia rāua i te Kōti Matua mō te hara tuhituhi pukanoa i ngā ingoa tāngata kē ki ngā tieki tono moni i ngā pēke, ā whakataua ana e te kōti kia kotahi tau mō tētahi, mō tētahi ki te whare herehere (TWMA 20/6/1884:3). / On 17th June they went on trial in the Supreme Court for writing fraudulent cheques and were each sentenced by the court to one year in prison.
Synonyms: tiāti, tiati, whakawāwā, kaiwhakawā
2. (noun) judgement, decision, judicial hearing, claim, legal case.
I te whakawā i Rotorua ka whainatia tētahi tangata, ko Mita Taupopoki te ingoa, e rua tekau pāuna me ngā raruraru, mō te takahanga i te ture kaua e haute i te waipiro i ngā hōtēra (TKO 15/10/1916:10). / In a judgement in Rotorua, a man called Mita Taupopoki was fined twenty pounds and costs for transgressing the law not to shout drinks in hotels.
Synonyms: whakawākanga, whakataunga, kupu whakatau, kōtitanga
