whakahemo
1. (verb) (-ngia) to have gone away.
Tēnei au te hoki whakamuri nei ngā mahara ki ngā mahi i mahia e ō tātau tīpuna mātua, kua whakahemo atu nei rātau ki te pō, whakahemo atu ana rātau, whakahemo atu ana ā rātau kupu mana, whakahemo atu ana ngā whenua (TPH 16/12/1911:5). / Here I am remembering the activities done by our parents and ancestors. They have gone to the world of the dead, they have gone as have their authoritative words and the land.
2. (verb) (-a) to be on the point of death, finished.
Ko tētahi kōrero rongonui mōna, i te wā e whakahemo ana tōna matua a Rereahu, ka tukua e ia tana mana ki a Maniapoto, kāpā ki tana mātāmua (Te Ara 2014). / In a famous account, his father, Rereahu, at the time he was dying, passed on his sacred power to Maniapoto, not to his oldest son.
3. (verb) (-ngia) to consume, use up.
E 21 hāora e whawhai ana ka tuku taua ope i a rātou anō hei herehere mā te Poa, i te mea hoki kua whakahemo katoa ā rātau matā, kua pau ngā kai, kua kore he wai (HKW 1/4/1900:8). / After fighting for 21 hours that army surrendered and were taken prisoner by the Bores because all their ammunition was gone, the food had been consumed and there was no longer any water.
