whātoro
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-tia) to reach out, stretch out, touch, announce.
E kore e ngaro te hemokai a te tangata ki te waiho noa te kai i tōna aroaro takoto ai; engari me whātoro tōna ringa, ka kai, ka ora (TWM 16/3/1871:1). / A person's hunger will not disappear if food is left lying in front of her; but she must stretch out her hand and eat it and she will be well.
2. (noun) reaching out, stretching out.
Ka takoto te tangata kia pai ai tana whātoro ki roto i te rua kia tango i te pī (Te Ara 2017). / The person lies on the ground so that his reaching into the burrow to pull the chick out can be done easily.
Synonyms: whātorotoro
