rawhirawhi
1. (verb) (-a) to grasp, seize, hold firmly.
Ka puta tāna kupu i mate anō Tohu kāti me mate atu hoki ngā tikanga, ko wai o tātou o ngā iwi o muri nei māna e rawhirawhi ērā whakahaere (TP 3/1907:8). / His statement was made that when Tohu died his practices would also die because who of us of the people left behind will be able to hold firmly to those procedures.
Synonyms: hopu, rawhi, romi, kōhaki, herepū, hopuhopu, kōwhakiwhaki, rarahu, rarawhi, aurara
