whiriwhiri
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to select, choose, pick.
Kua roa kē māua e whakatakoto mahere ana, e whiriwhiri ana mō āhea rā māua toro atu ai i a koe (HM 4/2009:4). / He and I had been planning and deciding for a long time when we would visit you.
Synonyms: katokato, pika, kato, kōwhiti, whawhati, kōwhiri, kōhiti, kōwaewae, kōwae, kaiwhiri, māhiti, kōhari
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to discuss, decide, consider, negotiate.
Ko ia tonu i te whiriwhiri i ngā whakahaere i te hokonga o Whanganui (TTR 1990:380). / He himself negotiated the Whanganui purchase.
Synonyms: whakawhiti, whakawhitiwhiti
4. (modifier) negotiating.
He maha ngā hui whiriwhiri whenua auau kē nei a ngā Māori rāua ko te kāwanatanga (TTR 2000:109). / There were many land negotiation meetings between Māori and the government.
Synonyms: whakawhitiwhiti, whakariterite
5. (noun) negotiation, discussion.
I tīmata nei ngā whiriwhiri a Tainui me te kāwanatanga i ngā tau whakamutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1920 (TTR 1998:68). / Tainui began negotiations with the government in the late 1920s.
Synonyms: whakaritenga
