whakawahi
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to anoint, crown.
Ko te mea mīharo o roto i tēnei karaunatanga a te tangata Māori i tō tāua nei kīngi, kāore i whakawahia ki te hinu, engari he mea hoatu he Paipera ki runga i tōna māhunga (TP 11/1912:6). / The amazing thing of this coronation of a Māori of our king was that he wasn't anointed with oil but a Bible was placed on his head.
See also whakakarauna
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to ordain.
Me whakawahi te Pīhopa Māori ki Paihia, ki te wāhi i tīaho tuatahi mai ai te māramatanga o te whakapono ki te iwi Māori (TTT 1/6/1929:797). / The Māori Bishop should be ordained at Paihia, at the place where enlightenment of the faith first shone on the Māori people.
3. (modifier) anointing.
Me te tino tohunga hoki i roto i ōna tēina, te tangata i ringihia nei tōna mātenga ki te hinu whakawahi (PT Rewitikuha 21:10). / And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured.
4. (noun) anointing.
Nā ka mea te taraheke ki ngā rākau, Ki te mea he pono tā koutou whakawahi i ahau hei kīngi mō koutou, haere mai ki raro ki tōku taumarumarutanga iho okioki ai (PT Kaiwhakariterite 9:15). / And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow.
