ukauka
1. (verb) (-tia) to sustain, support, bear.
Ko 1940 te tau i taea ai e Te Puea te hoko mai tētehi pāmu e tū tata ana ki te marae, i runga i tana tūmanako, ka puta mai i reira ētehi whiwhinga moni hei ukauka i Tūrangawaewae (TTR 1996:47). / In 1940 Te Puea was able to buy a farm close to the marae, which she hoped would provide an income to sustain Tūrangawaewae.
2. (verb) to be preserved, last.
Ka kawea ngā kai ki runga whata kia ukauka ai mō ētahi rangi (W 1971:466). / The food was placed on raised platforms so that it would last for a number of days.
Synonyms: whakamutunga, mātāmuri, nō tērā, i tērā, tērā, tōmuri, tauhiku, tauhikuhiku
3. (noun) cash.
Pēnei ai au nō whea ngā tāngata kaipakihi e rata mai ki tēnei kaupapa, engari he autaia tonu tā rātou tautoko-ā-wairua mai, me te kī mai anō he ukauka ka whai mai i tērā, ki te kitea he kaupapa e hiahia ana rātou ki te tautoko atu (HM 1/1995:10). / I wondered where the business people were who would be sympathetic to this cause, but they were pretty good with their support in principal, with the promise that cash would follow that if a cause was found that they wanted to support.
