hoatu
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria) to give (away from the speaker), put, add, hand over (something), gift, pay, move away - does not take a passive ending when used as a command and traditionally never took one. A passive suffix is often used in passive sentences, other than commands, in modern Māori.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 63, 67;)
Hoatu tētahi āporo ki tō hoa. / Give your friend an apple.
He pērā hoki tērā tikanga, te hua rākau tuatahi kua marū me hoatu e koe ki tētahi. Kaua koe e kai, me tuku kē koe ki tētahi kia hua tonu ai taua rākau rā (Milroy 2015). / And that's that custom, the first fruit that has ripened you should give to someone else. Don't you eat it. You should give it to someone else so that that tree continues to produce.
Synonyms: waiho, neke atu, whiu, whoatu, whiuwhiu, maka, makamaka, uaki, pei, utu
2. you go ahead, go on - a command telling someone, or others, to go on ahead. Usually implies that the speaker will follow.
Āe, hoatu! Me waiho māua i konei; taihoa māua e haere atu (NM 1928:115). / Yes, you go ahead! Leave us here; soon we will go.
Hoatu koe. Kei mahue koe i te waka rererangi. / You go on or you'll miss the plane.
See also whoatu
