hītengitengi
1. (stative) be lifted up, raised.
Kua hītengitengi te whare ki runga i ngā poro rākau - taihoa ka tōia ki wāhi kē (PK 2008:117). / The house has been raised up on logs - soon it will be hauled to somewhere else.
See also noho hītengitengi
Synonyms: tū, rāngai, pūwhata, rāngaingai
2. (verb) to walk on tiptoe, tiptoe.
Me hītengitengi atu, kia kore ai tō tāua hoa e rongo i a tāua (HJ 2012:279). / We should tip-toe, so that our friends won't hear us.
