whakaata
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to exhibit, display, reflect, simulate, act, pretend.
Kei te whakaata mai a Puanga-rua i roto i te Kāhui o Tautoru mō te marangai kei a Haki-haratua, arā, kei a Mei (TTT 1/3/1930:2007). / Rigel appearing in the constellation of Orion's Belt indicates rain in the lunar month of Haki-haratua, that is, May.
Synonyms: whakatau, whaihanga, hangarau, whakatakune, whakaataata, whakataruna
2. (modifier) reflecting.
Ko ētahi anō wāhi o te kūrae nei e nui ana te kōrero, pūrākau, pēnei i te kōrero mō Te Wai Whakaata a Tūtāmure, te hōpua whakaata i kite ai a Tūtāmure i tōna ake āhua (Te Ara 2013). / Other parts of this headland are rich in local history and legend, such as the pool known as Te Wai Whakaata a Tūtāmure, the reflecting pool where Tūtāmure looked at his appearance.
3. (noun) mirroring.
Ko te whakaata, arā, he ōrite, he ngātahi ngā nekeneke a ētahi kaikanikani tokorua, mata ki te mata, ko tētahi te whakaatanga o tētahi (RMR 2017). / Mirroring is when the movements of pairs of dancers are simultaneous face to face where one is the mirror image of the other.
4. (noun) reflection, mirror, pointing.
Kua titiro au ki taku whakaata, arā ko te āpiha nei, e whai mai ana i a au, me te tangi haere mai o tona pūtātara hiko (HP 1991:271). / I looked in my mirror and there was this officer pursuing me with his siren going.
Synonyms: karāhe, karaehe, whakaatanga, ataata, whakaahuatanga, whakaataata, ata, karaihe
