whātika
1. (verb) to straighten, stand up, arise.
Te mea i āhuareka rawa he āporo i whiua ki roto ki te tāpu wai, ka whātika te tamariki ki te ruku, ki te hopu i te āporo ki ō rātou niho (TWMNT 11/1/1876:7). / The most enjoyable thing was apples thrown into a tub of water and the children stand up to duck down and seize an apple with their teeth.
