whakatakotoranga
1. (noun) laying down, placement.
Nō te whakatakotoranga atu a Tamainu-pō i te patu me te kākahu kura, kātahi anō a Māhanga ka whakaae kua mate tana hoariri, a Kōkako (NIT 1995:121). / When Tamainu-pō laid down the club and the red feather cloak, then Māhanga finally agreed that his enemy, Kōkako, was dead.
Synonyms: whakanoho, whakanohonoho
2. (noun) structure, grammatical structure.
Ka mārama ki te ākonga ngā kōrero e mau nei ngā whakatakotoranga uaua, me te pakari anō o tana tū i ngā horopaki huhua noa (TRM 1996:34). / The learner understands language containing difficult structures and is confident in a wide range of contexts.
3. (noun) plan, prophecy.
He tohunga nō Te Whakatōhea, he matakite. Nāna te whakatakotoranga i mate ai a Ngāi Tai i Te Riri-a-te-atua (M 2006:136). / He was a tohunga from Te Whakatōhea and a prophet. It was he who prophesied the defeat of Ngāi Tai at Te Riri-a-te-atua.
Synonyms: poropiti, matakite, poropititanga, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakaaro, tītakataka, kaupapa, tikanga, whakangārahu, tātai, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere
4. (noun) presentation.
I mua i te whakatakotoranga tuaruatanga o te pire, ka whakakāhoretia (TTR 1994:36). / Before the second presentation (reading) of the bill it was discharged.
Synonyms: tāpaetanga, whakaaturanga, whakawhiwhinga, tuku
