whakaarorangi
1. (verb) to be intent upon, focus on.
Kīhai hoki i tawhitawhi tana whakaaro, nō te mea, kua whakaarorangi noa ake tōna ngākau ki te ātaahuatanga o Te Whatuiāpiti, te kuku o tōna manawa (TWM 25/8/1864:3). / And she didn't hesitate because her heart was intent upon the beauty of Te Whatuiāpiti, her heartthrob.
2. (verb) to flee, fly away.
Tērā te īkara e rere ana i runga, nō te kitenga mai i te tamaiti rā, kātahi ka tuku whakarere mai ki raro, ka kapohia iho ngā kahu o te tamaiti rā ki ōna matikuku, kātahi ka hikitia atu ki runga, ka whakaarorangi haere i runga tonu ake o ngā rākau o te ngāherehere e tū ana i reira (TWMNT 4/5/1875:102). / An eagle flying overhead, seeing the child, swooped down, and grabbing the clothes of the child with its talons, lifted him up and flew away over the trees of the forest that stood there.
