whakahinga
1. (verb) (-ia) to cause to fall (from an erect position), let down.
Tōna tūnga ake ki runga ka oma atu anō te kau nei ki te tuki i a ia, ka whakahinga anō a Pearce i a ia, ānō me te mea kua hemo (KO 12/2/1919:7). / When he stood up the cow ran to butt him and Pearce fell down as if he was dead.
2. (verb) (-ia) to kill, slaughter.
He haerenga i te 26 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei ki te whakahinga i ngā manu o Rotokawa hei kai mā te Komiti ki Taupō mō te Kōti Whakawā Whenua (TWM 9/1/1868:4). / It was a trip on 26 December to kill birds at Rotokawa as food for the Taupō committee of the Land Court.
3. (verb) (-ia) to defeat.
Nā Te Rangitāhau i wātea ai ngā haerenga o Te Kooti i roto o Taupō; i tōna wehenga atu pānekeneke ana te haere a Te Kooti i ēnei whenua, arā, kua kairiri ngā iwi, kua kotahi rātau ko ngā hōia ki te whakahinga i a ia. / Te Rangitāhau cleared the way for Te Kooti, but with his departure Te Kooti was left in a vulnerable position in these lands of hostile tribes and troops determined to defeat him.
4. (noun) downfall, defeat, fall, demise.
Kaua e hahanitia te whakahinga mō tō tātou matua, mō Tā Tānara Mākarini, engari me kī tonu, "Kāore au e pai ki a Tā Tānara Mākarini." (TWMNT 4/4/1876:83). / Do not slander our parent, Sir Donald McLean, seeking his downfall, but say openly, "I do not like Sir Donald McLean."
