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arotahi

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to look in one direction, look steadily, focus on, zero in on, concentrate on, take aim.

Nō waenganui o te tekau tau atu i 1920, ka mutu te mahi a Meri Geddes i roto i ngā rōpū wāhine; huri kē ana ia ki te Hāhi hei arotahi māna i waho atu o tōna kāinga (TTR 1996:33). / In the mid 1920s Mary Geddes ended work in women's societies, turning her focus outside her home to the Church.

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2. (noun) focus, concentration on.

Mai i te tau 1940, ko te arotahi o taua rōpū, ko te mana motuhake me te tino rangatiratanga o ngā Kuki Airani (TTR 1996:62). / From the 1940s onwards, the focus of the group was the independence and self-determination of the Cook Islands.

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3. (noun) lens.

Ko tētahi wāhanga matua o te arotahi, ko tōna puare, te wāhi e uru atu ai te aho (RTA 2014:80). / An important part of the lens is its aperture, the place where the light enters.

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Synonyms: mōhiti

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