haumanu
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to revive, restore to health, rejuvenate.
Ka tata tōku whaea te hemo, ka tae mai te rata ki te haumanu i a ia. / When my mother was near dead, the doctor arrived to revive her.
Synonyms: whakamarohi, whakahaumanu, whakamātūtū, whakaora, ora, whakahauora, oraora
2. (modifier) therapeutic.
Hangaia ana e ia he whare haumanu ki te taha anō o te toa, kia tarea e ngā tākuta me ngā nēhi o te kaupapa whakaora a Tākuta G. M. Smith o Te Hokianga, ngā tūroro nei te tirotiro (TTR 2000:39). / She built a clinic alongside the store, where patients could be seen by doctors and nurses as part of Doctor G.M. Smith's Hokianga health service (DNZB 2000:113).
3. (noun) therapy.
Ahakoa ngā tohutohu a ngā tākuta, kore rawa ia i whakaae kia tangohia tōna ū, ēngari anō te poka mai i te puku me te haumanu iraruke (TTR 2000:125). / Despite the advice of the doctors she refused to have her breast removed, but agreed to the operation on the tumour and radiotherapy.
