parahau
1. (verb) (-tia) to defend, protect, justify.
Me tū koe ki mua o te huihuinga, ka parahau ai i tāu i tuhi ai i roto i te nūpepa. / You should stand before the gathering and justify what you wrote in the newspaper.
Synonyms: whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, tiaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, araarai, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, taumaru
2. (modifier) protective, defensive.
Nā te hiahia o te Pākehā ki te motu o Hauturu, i mutu ai ngā mahi hokohoko e hia tau kē nei e whakahāereere ana kāre he raruraru. Nā tō rātou hiahia i te tīmatanga kia hoko mai i te motu hei wāhi parahau, ka tīmataria e ngā āpiha a te Karauna ngā whakariterite mō te hoko i te tau 1878 (TTR 1994:177). / Because the Pākehā wanted Little Barrier Island, the many years of untroubled trading ended. At first interested in buying the island was for defensive purposes, and Crown officials began purchase operations about 1878.
Synonyms: whakangungu
3. (noun) protection.
Ahakoa kāore i whakatumahia a Whāingaroa i te wā o te pakanga, i whakamaurākautia e Te Awa-i-taia ētahi o ana tāngata hei āwhina i te ope wawao a te kāwanatanga i te haukāinga. Nāna anō i whakarato he tāngata hei kaiārahi hei kaiāwhina hoki mō Rūtene Tianara Duncan Cameron, ā, mēnā e hiahiatia ana, he tāngata āna hei parahau mō Tāmaki-makau-rau (TTR 1990:175). / Although Raglan was not under threat at the time of the war, Te Awa-i-taia armed some of his men to assist government troops to defend his home. He provided guides and auxiliaries for Lieutenant General Duncan Cameron, and, if they were needed, men to defend Auckland.
Synonyms: taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, kaikaro
