whakatāiri
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to suspend, raise, elevate, lift up, place in an elevated position.
I tanumia a ia ki Korowhata, e whakatāiri rā i runga ake o Pūtiki (TTR 1990:17). / He was buried at Korokata, overlooking Pūtiki.
Synonyms: riaki, kōranga, hāpai, riariaki, hiki, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, whakatū, whakaara, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakaaranga, hī, huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, whakatairangaranga
2. (noun) elevated position.
Toru rau ngā hōia Itāriana, Tiamana hoki e puri ana i te whakatāiri nei, ā, ka kino kē hoki tā rātau aneatanga i te ope taua o te Kotahitanga e kōkirikiri atu ana (TTR 2000:112). / Three hundred Italian and German troops were holding this elevated position, and they were causing havoc to the advancing Allied army.
