whakaita
1. (verb) (-hia,-ia) to hold fast, restrain.
Ahakoa ko ia te mea iti o rāua, ka rere mai a Te Mētera ki te whakaita i tana tuakana, kia tōtika anō ana mahi (TTR 1990:198). / Although he was the smaller of the two, Te Mētera rushed to restrain his older brother, so that he acted properly.
Synonyms: puri, nati, paraire, whakatina, whakawhenua, pupuru, pupuri
