whakaara
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to raise, rouse, wake, wake up, erect.
Kāore i roa i muri mai ka tae mai ngā hōia, ka whakaaratia anō e rātau taua pou haki, ka kaha atu hoki te mahinga i tō mua hanganga, arā, ka hangaia ki te maitai (TPH 30/6/1903:4). / Not long after that the soldiers arrived, that flag pole was re-erected and it was built stronger that that of before, that is it was built of steel.
Synonyms: whakaohooho, whakaoho, whakakenakena, riaki, whakatū, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, whakatupu, huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki, hī, whakapakeke, mairanga
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to instigate, initiate, activate.
Ko te kupu a te rangatira te ture o tōna iwi. Ko ia hei whakaara i te rau o te patu, ko ia hei hohou i te rongo (TTT 1/5/1922:7). / The word of the chief was the law of his kinship group. He could instigate war and he could make peace.
3. (noun) erection (of a building, etc.).
Kua oti hoki ngā whakariterite mō te whakaara i tētahi whare takotoranga wūru (TTT 1/2/1928:733). / The arrangements for erecting a building to store wool have also been completed.
