whakamāhaki
1. (verb) (-tia) to calm, pacify, quieten, settle.
E ai ki ngā kōrero he uruuruwhenua, arā, he wāhi karakia whakamāhaki i te rangi mō ngā tira haere (TWK 36:29). / According to the information this was a ceremonial place for travelling parties on entering new territory, that is a place to perform ritual chants to calm the sky.
Synonyms: whakamūmū, whakamārie, whakamāriri, whakamāria, whakamārire, whakaepaepa, whakangehe, whakarata, whakamahuru, whakarangimārie, tau, pūwhenua, noho, nohonoho, whakaea, whakanoho, whakatatū, whakatau, whakataiwhenua, tatū
