1. (verb) (-hia) to look about, gaze, peep, investigate, inspect, examine.
Me whiriwhiri ake, me tirotiro te hāngaitanga ki te iwi Māori o ēnei whakaaro kua huaina ake nei (TTT 1/2/1925:179). / We should discuss and investigate the relevance of these ideas discussed above to the Māori people.
Synonyms: whātaretare, whakangeingei, whātare, pīnono
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