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huaki

1. (verb) (-na) to open, uncover, rise (of the moon), dawn.

Ka pātukituki au i te whatitoka. He wahine nāna i huaki mai, ka titiro mai ki a au e tū ana, e mate ana, e hūwiniwini ana, e ākina ana e te marangai; hūkeke noa ana aku niho, ko tōku tinana katoa matangurunguru ana i te mātaotao (TWMNT 20/4/1875:87). / I knocked on the door. It was a woman that opened it and she looked at me standing there in trouble, chilled to the bone, lashed by the rain with my teeth chattering and my whole body numb from the cold.

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Synonyms: kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, marake, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera, whakatuhera, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare


2. (verb) (-na) rush upon, charge, attack.

Ko tā Pōmare ope i huaki tuatahi ki Tītīrangi, ā, nā te pū ka mate taua pā (TTT 1/1/1929:s148). / Pōmare's party first attacked Tītīrangi, and because of the guns that pā was defeated.

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Synonyms: amo, rei


3. (verb) to dawn.

Huaki kau te ata, ka hāpainga mai (NM 1928:133). / When the morning dawned they set out.

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4. (noun) assault, raid, charge, attack, offence (sport).

He tini noa ngā tāngata Māori i kitea ki Pikopiko e huihui ana, he mahara pea he huaki tā te Pākehā (TWM 6/2/1864:3). / Many Māori were seen gathering at Pikopiko, perhaps expecting an attack by the Pākehā.

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Synonyms: pāhua, pāhuahua, kanohi kitea, tukinga, whakaekeeke, marau

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