whakawhānui
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to extend, broaden, expand.
Nō mātou tonu te whakaaro kia hoatu he karahipi e £25 i te tau hei āwhina: ā, i te mea ka kitea kei te ranea he moni mō tēnei tau ka whakawhānuitia te āwhina kia horapa atu ki ngā minita Māori katoa puta noa i Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (TTT 1/8/1929:1036). / The idea to provide scholarships of £25 per annum as assistance was our own, and, because it has been found that there is an abundance of funding for this year, the assistance has been extended to include all Māori ministers throughout the North and South Islands.
2. (noun) (-hia,-tia) to expand (maths).
Ko te whakawhānui tētahi o ngā mahi rāwekeweke kīanga taurangi. Arā, ko te tuhi i tētahi kīanga kia kitea ai ngā taurangi katoa e honoa ana e te tohu tāpiri, e te tohu tango rānei. He whakakore i ngā taiapa o tētahi kīanga taurangi (TRP 2010:329). / Expansion is one type of algebraic manipulation. The expression is written as a collection of variables connected by addition and subtraction signs. The brackets are removed from the expression (TRP 2010:330).
3. (noun) broadening, widening, expansion.
E ai ki ngā kōrero, koinei anake pea te iwi o te ao e taea ana e rātou tō rātou reo te whakaora, te whakaū, te whakawhānui (H 1992). / It is claimed that this is probably the only people in the world who have been able to save, consolidate and expand their language.
