whakapirara
1. (verb) (-tia) to scatter, separate, disperse.
Ngā tāngata o Te Arawa i whakapiraratia ki ngā whenua nei (G 1853:231). / The people of Te Arawa who were scattered over these lands.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motu, motuhake, motuhake, wae, wae, wehewehe, wehewehe, wehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tīwae, tūhāhā, tūhāhā, heu, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, wawae, whakawehe, whakawehe, kōwai, kōwai, tāuke, tāuke, tāwae, tāwae, tāwaewae, tāwaewae, totohi, totohi, tūtahi, tūtahi
2. (modifier) scattered, separated, dispersed.
Ki a au nei, he mahi wehewehe, he mahi whakapirara tēnei i ngā tāngata o tēnei whenua (HM 4/1993). / In my opinion, this is a divisive activity that separates the people of this country.
Synonyms: katea, tīrangorango, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kaupāpari, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, pīwawa, tīrangaranga
