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hoahoa

1. (verb) (-ina) to lay out, plan, arrange, design.

I te taenga atu ki te marama o Mei, whakatauria ana mā te Māngai e hoahoa te whare, i runga i ngā tohutohu a te Atua (TTR 1998:114). / By May it was decided that the Māngai would design the building, with God's guidance.

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Synonyms: whakakaupapa, whakatakoto, tahora, hoa, rora, kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakamahere, pēwheatanga, take, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka


2. (noun) plan of a house, architectural design, diagram, figure, plan.

Ko ngā mahi toi, ko ngā mahi mātauranga, ko ngā mahi hoahoa kāri putiputi, ko ngā mahi hoahoa whare, ngā mahi i mahia e ō rāua uri (TTR 1996:9). / Their descendants work in the arts, education, landscape gardening and architecture.

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3. (noun) pitch of a roof.

Nā te aupiki o te hoahoa me te mārohi o ngā pakitara i tāpiritia atu he papa anō hei whakakaha, i tū tonu ai tōna whare ahakoa te whānui o te whakangaromanga, kāore i pērā i ētahi atu o ngā whare i reira (TTR 1994:25). / Due to high-pitched roof and the strength of the walls with extra timber to strengthen it, her house remained standing, despite the widespread destruction and unlike some other buildings there.

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