maka
1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to throw, fling, cast, place, put, put in, pass (with the hands).
Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana (TP 10/1909:4). / Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.
Synonyms: ara kūiti, hihipa, pāhi, tuku, puru, hoatu, whoatu, uaki, waiho, whakauru, komo, kokomo, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, whakatakoto, whiu, taiwhanga, wāhi, kopou, whiuwhiu, makamaka, moka, panga, whakatū, wāhanga
