whakahirihiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to assist, relieve.
I te tau 1824 ka takina atu e Te Hanataua te puni a Ngāti Ruanui hei whakahirihiri i a Te Rauparaha e taiapuhia ana i Kapiti (TTR 1990:305). / In 1824 Te Hanataua led the Ngāti Ruanui contingent to assist Te Rauparaha who was being attacked on Kapiti Island.
Synonyms: whakamāmā, whakaokioki, whakaoraora
2. (modifier) relieving, assisting.
Tokoono ngā hōia i matemate, tokowhā i taotū, ka puta atu te ope whakahirihiri a ngā Pākehā (TTR 1990:230). / Six soldiers died and four were wounded before the reinforcements of the Pākehā arrived.
Synonyms: rīwhi
