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whakakao

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to gather, collect.

He wahine i mōhio ki te eke hōiho, ā, i ētahi wā ka haere tonu a ia ki te whakakao haere mai i ngā kau me ngā hipi (TTR 1996:280). / She was a fine horsewoman and sometimes went off to muster the cattle and sheep.

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2. (noun) collecting, gathering together, mustering.

He wā anō nei, he tapahi taekai nei tana mahi i te takiwā o Te Aumiti, he kutikuti, he whakakao hipi anō tā rātou mahi ko ana tuākana, tēina rānei (TTR 2000:78). / Sometimes he also cut scrub in the French Pass area, shearing and mustering with his cousins.

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Synonyms: whiunga, whiuwhiu, ā

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