araarai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to screen, protect, ward off, screen on all sides.
Ka whakaora hoki koutou i tōku papa, i tōku whaea, i ōku tungāne, i ōku tuākana, me ā rātou mea katoa, ā ka araarai i a mātou kei mate (PT Hohua 2:13). / And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Synonyms: taumaru, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, tiaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, tauārai, mata, pā, ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, pātū, pekerangi, ārei
