hōtaetae
1. (verb) (-tia) to obstruct, bar, block.
Kua hōtaetaetia te kamupene o Haina e te kāwanatanga kia hokona te pāmu rahi e tata ana ki Taupō. / The Chinese company has been blocked from buying the large farm near Taupō.
Synonyms: taupare, whakahōtaetae, kōpeka, kōpekapeka, kati, taupā, pā, whakakōroiroi, whakapā, ngihangiha, ārai, aukati, pākati, tāiha, taipuru, ārei
2. (noun) obstruction (netball).
E tata rawa tērā wahine, me hāmene mō te hōtaetae. / That woman is too close. She should be penalised for obstruction.
