whakatautopenga

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1. (modifier) rearguard.

I muri iho, ka puta anō tōna rongo toa mō te whawhai whakatautopenga āna, tiaki mai i te hokinga whakamuri o āna hōia (TTR 1998:168). / Later his fame for bravery emerged for his rearguard action to protect the withdrawal of his soldiers.

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2. (noun) rearguard.

Ko Te Hokowhitu Māori i mua, ko ngā Kariki te whakatautopenga (Ng 1993:378). / The Māori Battalion was in front, the Greeks were the rearguard.

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