whakatuarā
1. (verb) to support, back, champion, promote, help.
Ki te mea ka tohe tonu Te Urewera ki te whakatuarā i ētahi iwi kē ki te riri ki a te Kāwanatanga ākuanei ka tīkina, ka nohoia (TWMNT 6/7/1875:153). / If Te Urewera still persisted in supporting other tribes to fight against the Government, they would be taken and occupied.
Synonyms: kōkiri, tautīnei, whakapiki, whakatairanga, hapahapai, tuarā, tua, angaangamate, angamate, takamuri, kōkai
2. (modifier) backwards.
Nā ka tango a Hema rāua ko Iapeta i tētahi kākahu, maka iho e rāua ki runga ki ō rāua pokohiwi, nā ka haere whakatuarā atu rāua (PT Kenehi 9:23). / And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward.
