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motuhake

1. (verb) (-tia) to separate, set aside, position independently, be stand-alone.

Tokorima ngā rīkona Māori kua whakapiritia, tokorua anō ngā tāngata o te Kāreti o Te Rau Kahikatea kua motuhaketia hei rīkona. Kotahi te minita i whakatūria ki Taupō, kotahi hoki ki a Tūhoe (TP 4/1911:2). / Five Māori deacons have been attached, and two people of the Te Rau Theological College have been given independent positions as deacons. One is the minister appointed to Taupō and the other to Tūhoe.

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Synonyms: tārewa, taunaha, tahi, whakatārewa, tāpui, tīkape, tauira, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, nahenahe, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, tūhāhā, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe


2. (modifier) separated, special, distinct, independent, unattached.

E rua ngā kōti tēnehi, me tētahi wāhi purei hōkī, otirā he wāhi motuhake mō ngā tini tākaro a ngā tamariki (TTT 1/12/1930:2201). / There were two tennis courts and a place to play hockey, indeed a special place for the many children's games.

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