whakaweto
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to extinguish, put out.
Nō te kitenga i te mano tini o tērā taha, ka unu ia. E kīia ana, nāna te pātai ki a Nuku-pewapewa, "Me pēhea e taea ai he wai hei whakaweto i ēnā ahi katoa?" (TTR 1990:178). / When he saw the huge numbers of the enemy, he withdrew. He is reputed to have asked Nuku-pewapewa, "Where are we going to get enough water to put all those fires out?"
Synonyms: tinei, meto, whakapoko, tipoko, pirau, piro, poko, tinetinei
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to shut down (something electrical), switch off, turn off.
3. (noun) shutting down, putting out, turning off, switching off, extinguishing.
Anei ngā tohutohu me pēhea te whakaweto, te whakakā hoki i te kāmera. / Here are the instructions as to how the camera should be turned off and on.
Synonyms: whakapoko
