haukoti
1. (verb) (-a) to cut off, intercept, cut across, interupt, disturb.
Ko te hiahia o Tianara Aranapi, he haukoti i ngā Tāke, kia kore ai e puta mai he huarahi harihari kai, hōia me ērā atu mea mā rātou (TKO 12/9/1918:10). / General Allenby wanted to cut off the Turks so that they would have no route to bring in food, reinforcements and other equipment.
2. (noun) intercepting party.
Kua riro atu te ope patu mō Ākarana, kei te Kirikiri te huihuinga, ko ngā haukoti ka takoto ki te huarahi i te takiwā ki Ōtāhuhu ki Turure (TKM.MM 28/9/1863:12). / The armed party has left for Auckland, gathering at Kirikiri, and the intercepting parties lie in the area between Ōtāhuhu and Drury.
3. (noun) intercept (maths).
Ko te haukoti te pūwāhi e pūtahi ai te rārangi o tētahi kauwhat me te tuaka-y, te tuaka-x rānei (TRP 2010:109). / The intercept is the point where a line graph intersects the x or y axis (TRP 2010:109).
