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whakaute

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to respect, show respect, tend, care for, prepare.

Heoi moe tonu iho tōna iwi ki te ākau tahi moe ai, ā, i titiro ata ka maranga te hapū o Tiki ki te whakaute kai mā te tāne hou, mā te wahine hou (JPS 1952:191). / And so his people slept together on the beach and at daybreak Tiki's subtribe got up to prepare food for the bride and groom.

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Synonyms: rahurahu, raweke, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka


2. (noun) respect.

I te wā e kōkiritia ana te pōti nei, tukua ana e Paraire Tōmoana tana waea pānui ki a Rātana e whakahau ana i a ia kia mau tonu tana whakaute i a Ngata, me te unu hoki i a Moko i tōna tūranga whakataetaetanga (TTR 1998:114). / During this election campaign Paraire Tōmoana sent a telegram to Rātana demanding that he show respect to Ngata by withdrawing Moko from the contest.

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Synonyms: kōtua, ngākau whakaute, whakarangatira, whakamiha, maruwehi, kauanuanu, rāhiri

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