whakangahoro
1. (verb) (-tia) to drop.
Ko tētahi tino mahi a Te Mōkena he rui i te whenua ki te karaihe, ki te koroa. Ko tana kurī tōna hoa rui. I herea he pēke ki te kakī o te kurī, ā, mā te kurī e whakangahoro ngā purapura (TTT 1/3/1928:753). / An important task of Rev. Morgan was to sow the land with grass, with clover. His dog was his sowing companion. He tied a bag to the dog's neck, and it would drop the seeds.
2. (verb) (-tia) to charge - when used as a command with the passive ending added.
E rere au i mua me taku ope, kia kī te waha, whakangahorotia te poupoutahi i roto i te matua (JPS 1911:23). / When I rush to the front with my party, raise a shout, and then the column must charge into the centre of the main division.
3. (noun) dropping.
Ka matara atu i te kāinga ka tīmata tana whakangahoro haere i ngā kākano ki te huanui (TTT 1/2/1927:543). / When he was at a distance from the village he began dropping the seeds onto the road as he went along.
