kaikaro
1. (noun) defendant.
Ka āhei e te kaikaro te kī ko taua hē i mahia e ia i runga i te whakaaro e mahi tika ana ia i raro i ngā tikanga o tēnei Ture. / The defendant is able to say that that mistake that she made was done with the understanding that she was acting correctly under the provisions of this Act.
2. (verb) warding off, protection - using a spell.
Koia a Tāmure i mea ai mā tana kōtiro e kai taua hāngī, kua oti hoki tana kōtiro te karakia, te matatawhito, arā te whakangungu, te parepare, te kaikaro (NM 1928:145). / That's why Tāmure made his daughter eat that hāngī cooked food, because his daughter had completed the ritual chants, the ancient spells, that is, the spells that ward off, defend and protect.
Synonyms: taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru
3. (noun) goalkeeper.
