whakapoke
1. (verb) (-a) to desecrate, defile, infect.
E ai ki ngā kōrero tupuna a Ngāi Tahu kua whakatūpato kētia a Tama-i-hara-nui kua tātaingia e Ngāti Toa kia nukaia a ia me te rongo anō hoki nā rātou i whakapoke te urupā o tētahi o ana whanaunga (TTR 1990:146). / According to Ngāi Tahu traditions, Tama-i-hara-nui had already been warned that Ngāti Toa were planning treachery, and also heard that they had desecrated the grave of one of his relatives.
2. (noun) uncleanness, squalor, dirtiness, filth, pollution, contamination.
Na me pēnā tā koutou wehe i ngā tama a Iharaira i ō rātou whakapoke; kei mate rātou i ō rātou poke, ina whakapokea e rātou tōku tāpenakara e tū na i roto i a rātou (PT Rewitikuha 15:31). / Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
Synonyms: parahanga
