2. (verb) to diminish, dwindle, disappear.
Kaua e tukua e tātou kia whakaero te mana o tō tātou reo. / Do not let the mana of our language diminish.
3. (verb) to perform a ceremony for the wellbeing of a canoe.
He aha te take i riro ai mau e whakaero tō koutou waka? (JPS 1894:61). / What was the reason you performed the ceremony for the wellbeing of your canoe?
