whakatakatū
1. (verb) (-ria) to prepare, get ready.
Nō taua pō i pae mai ai te ruru ki runga i te tuanui o te mahau o Tūtāwake i te marae o Whitianga, e tiro kau iho ana ki ōna whanaunga e whakatakatū ana i te haringa whakamutunga atu o Mōnita ki tana haukāinga (TTR 2000:56). / That night the morepork landed on the porch roof of Tūtāwake, at Whitianga marae, watching his kin preparing for Mōnita's last homecoming.
Synonyms: whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, rahurahu, raweke
2. (modifier) preparing, planning.
He pire whakatakatū tikanga mō ngā heke o ngā Hainamana ki tēnei motu (TWMNT 26/7/1879:468). / A bill regulating the immigration of the Chinese to this country.
Synonyms: whakatakataka, whakareri, whakakaupapa, whakariterite, whakamahere
3. (noun) preparation, planning.
Nō te hēnga o ngā whakahaere ki te whakarau noa i a Rua, kātahi ka kaha rawa atu ngā whakatakatū hei āta karawhiu i a ia (TTR 1996:180). / Because the operations to arrest Rua were faulty, the preparations were escalated to use force.
Synonyms: whakatakanga, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai, whakatikatika, whakareri
