whakatahi
1. (verb) (-a) to withdraw (from a place), quit, pull out, retire, retreat.
I Tauranga ka pā te rongo kua whakatahi te nuinga o Te Arawa ki Mokoia (TTR 1990:171). / In Tauranga news arrived that the majority of Te Arawa had withdrawn to Mokoia Island.
Synonyms: whakamutu, tāoki, whakatā, rītaia, kuhunga, taui, kohika, huhuti, huti, hutihuti, tākiri, kounu, auru, paunu, kōhiti, heu, unu, kōwhiti, kume, maunu, unuunu
2. (noun) withdrawal, retreat.
E hia nei ngā wiki e whawhai motumotu ana, ka whakarōpūpū a Ngāti Koheriki i a rātau, takitahi ki tēnā rōpū, takitahi ki tēnā rōpū, kia māmā ai te whakatahi ki Waikato (TTR 1990:212). / After many weeks of skirmishes Ngāti Koheriki split into small groups so that the withdrawal to Waikato would be easier.
