autō
1. (verb) to trail behind, drag out, protract, prolong.
Ko te ope a Te Whatanui, e rangatū atu ana mā te one ki Ōhau. Ko Ngāti Apa e autō ake ana i uta (TTR 1990:334). / While Te Whatanui's party were advancing along the beach to Ōhau, Ngāti Apa were trailing behind them inland.
Synonyms: whakaupa, whakaroa, whakaupaupa, aukume
2. (modifier) slow, dilatory, tardy, trailing behind, protracted, prolonged.
I pā ā-tinana tonu a Īhāia ki ngā whakahaere a te kōti whenua i te wā o ngā huihuinga autō mō te poraka o Waikōpiro me ētahi atu, nō mua kē atu he whenua rāhui i kōwhakina mai i te poraka o Waipukurau (TTR 1994:30). / Ihaia had personal experience of the operations of land court during the protracted hearings concerning the Waikōpiro block and others, which were originally reserves separated off from the Waipukurau block.
Synonyms: auroa, horotete, takaroaroa, hōtoa
3. (noun) tail - something that trails behind.
Ki ētehi anō he tūruapō nō te rangi, arā, he whetūrere, raukura te āhua, e topatopa ana i te rangi, mārama tonu te autō ki muri (TTR 1994:173). / Others believe that it was celestial – that is, a comet in the shape of a feather soaring in the sky, with a bright tail behind.
